CENTACentral Garden & Pet Company
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in an uptrend.
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Overbought (RSI 88). Price is +13% vs its 200-day average.
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Down 1.3% since the previous count, up from 1.9% 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 +45% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 29 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +13%
vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend
- RSI (14)
- 88
RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold
- Below its 52-week high
- 3.9%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $39.08
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +14%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +45%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +11%
- vs 50-day average$35.93
- +8.8%
- 52-week high
- $40.66
- 52-week low
- $27.53
- Annualised volatility
- 30%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +34% |
| 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 | +0.16% |
| 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 | +0.67% |
| 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.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.