Central Garden & PET Co. short interest
Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers submit it twice a month, and days to cover is how many days of normal trading it would take to buy them all back.
Short interest in Central Garden & PET Co. was 1.5 million shares at the 30 September 2026 settlement, down 1.3% on the previous settlement, with 4.94 days to cover at an average daily volume of 305,830 shares, as reported to FINRA.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Average daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2026 | 1,510,331 | -1.3% | 305,830 | 4.94 |
| 15 September 2026 | 1,529,919 | +13.4% | 310,118 | 4.93 |
| 31 August 2026 | 1,348,978 | +14.7% | 295,442 | 4.57 |
| 14 August 2026 | 1,176,191 | +2.4% | 338,734 | 3.47 |
| 31 July 2026 | 1,148,558 | -2.7% | 252,640 | 4.55 |
| 15 July 2026 | 1,180,237 | +20.5% | 274,342 | 4.30 |
| 30 June 2026 | 979,775 | +15.3% | 576,944 | 1.70 |
| 15 June 2026 | 850,008 | +2.4% | 322,261 | 2.64 |
| 29 May 2026 | 829,864 | -19.2% | 289,403 | 2.87 |
| 15 May 2026 | 1,027,282 | -7.8% | 357,496 | 2.87 |
| 30 April 2026 | 1,114,522 | +18.6% | 259,461 | 4.30 |
| 15 April 2026 | 939,458 | -1.5% | 249,345 | 3.77 |
FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.
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Days to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.Source
FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.
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