CENTACentral Garden & Pet Company
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and lightly shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +3% vs its 200-day average.
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 13% since the previous count, up from 1.4% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How CENTA is trading
Central Garden & Pet Company is +12% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 6.3 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +3.1%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 58
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 14%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $35.02
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +2.1%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +12%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +9.5%
- vs 50-day average$36.36
- −3.7%
- 52-week high
- $40.66
- 52-week low
- $26.27
- Annualised volatility
- 30%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +20% |
| 2025 | −12% |
| 2024 | −6.2% |
| 2023 | +23% |
| 2022 | −25% |
| 2021 | +32% |
| 2020 | +24% |
| 2019 | −6.0% |
| 2018 | −17% |
| 2017 | +22% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.7% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.47% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.8% |
| Apr | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.80% |
| May | 10 | 8 of 10 | +2.3% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.23% |
| Jul | 11 | 9 of 11 | +3.2% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | −1.3% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −2.0% |
| Oct | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.44% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +3.2% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.3% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.