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William E Brown sold $3.4M of CENT

Chairman at CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO. 103,125 shares at an average of $32.68, traded Aug 28, 2025, filed Sep 2, 2025.

Warning score
70
Value
$3.4M
103,125 shares
Holdings after
930,365
-27% from before
From 52-week low
+11%
low $32.52, close $35.95
From 52-week high
-17%
high $43.14, as of Aug 28, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Chair
    +20
  • Trade size
    $3.4M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 27% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -12.6%, 3m -8.8%, 6m +3.2%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

CENTOct 9, 2026 · close 40.58
Since filing Sep 2, 2025: +10.0%SPY +23.2% · excess -13.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000950170-25-112507, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 28, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stockindirect: By Irrevocable Trust
-3,125$32.55$102k374,258Sep 2, 2025
Aug 28, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-16,806$32.56$547k1,013,559Sep 2, 2025
Aug 29, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-83,194$32.71$2.7M930,365Sep 2, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
39Weak
CENTsell 2
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
William E Brown
Chairman
$152k
3,900 shares
-1%
49Moderate
CENTsell 2
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
John D. Walker III
President, Garden Consumer Pro
$388k
10,000 shares
-14%
61Notable
CENTsell 3
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
John Ranelli
director
$127k
3,668 shares
-85%
56Moderate
CENTsell 3
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
John Edward Hanson
President, Pet Consumer Prod
$174k
5,000 shares
-41%
45Moderate
CENTsell 3
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Brendan Dougher
director
$108k
3,250 shares
-20%
39Weak
CENTsell
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Christopher T Metz
director
$309k
10,000 shares
-46%
60Notable
CENTsell 4
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
John Ranelli
director
$100k
3,076 shares
-68%
45Moderate
CENTsell 4
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
John D. Walker III
President, Garden Consumer Pro
$114k
3,500 shares
-5%
20Weak
CENTsell 410b5-1
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Brooks Pennington III
director
$108k
3,281 shares
-8%
33Weak
CENTsell
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
William E Brown
Chairman
$250k
7,800 shares
-2%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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