Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT)

About Central Garden & Pet Company

Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. It operates through two segments: Pet and Garden. The Pet segment provides dog and cat supplies, such as dog treats and chews, toys, pet beds and containment, grooming items, waste management, and training pads; supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles, and pet birds, including toys, enclosures, habitats, bedding, and food and supplements; products for equine and livestock; animal and household health and insect control products; aquariums and terrariums, including fixtures and stands, water conditioners and supplements, water pumps and filters, and lighting systems and accessories; and live fish and small animals, as well as outdoor cushions. This segment sells its products under the Aqueon, Cadet, Comfort Zone, Farnam, Four Paws, K&H Pet Products, Kaytee, Nylabone, and Zilla brands. Its Garden segment offers lawn and garden supplies products that include grass seed; vegetable; flower and herb packet seed; wild bird feed, bird feeders, bird houses, and other birding accessories; fertilizers; decorative products; live plants; and weed and grass, as well as other herbicides, insecticide, and pesticide products. This segment sells its lawn and garden supplies products under the Amdro, Ferry-Morse, Pennington, and Sevin brands. The company sells its products to independent distributors, big-box retailers, national and regional retail chains, eCommerce and online retailers, grocery stores, nurseries, and mass merchants. Central Garden & Pet Company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.

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Super investor ownership

5 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:

• Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$9.44M · 0.0% of book
• Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$4.55M · 0.0% of book
• Paul Tudor Jones, TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL$2.14M · 0.0% of book
• Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$1.60M · 0.0% of book
• Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$991.5K · 0.0% of book

A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.

Politician trades in CENT

Trades in CENT disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:

• Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 11 May 2020 · disclosed 16 Jun 2020
• Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 29 Jan 2020 · disclosed 18 Feb 2020
• Gilbert Cisneros · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 30 Dec 2019 · disclosed 10 Jan 2020
• Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 17 Sept 2019 · disclosed 16 Oct 2019
• Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 13 Feb 2019 · disclosed 8 Mar 2019

A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.

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