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Central Garden & Pet Co
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118 hedge funds and large institutions have $326M invested in Central Garden & Pet Co in 2019 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 15 funds opening new positions, 35 increasing their positions, 39 reducing their positions, and 22 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 125 → 118 (-7)

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $351M → $326M (-$25.5M)

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 35 | Existing positions reduced: 39

19.43% less ownership

Funds ownership: 134.19% → 114.77% (-19%)

32% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 15 | Existing positions closed: 22

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $316K

Holders
118
Holders Change
-7
Holders Change %
-5.6%
% of All Funds
2.59%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
15
Increased
35
Reduced
39
Closed
22
Calls
–
Puts
$316K
Net Calls
-$316K
Net Calls Change
-$2.83M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Citadel Advisors
Citadel Advisors
Florida
+$4.29M
2
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$2.89M
3
Assenagon Asset Management
Assenagon Asset Management
Luxembourg
+$2.72M
4
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
+$2.7M
5
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$2.29M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$24.7M
2
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$10.4M
3
EARNEST Partners
EARNEST Partners
Georgia
-$9.55M
4
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
-$8.77M
5
FA
Friess Associates
Delaware
-$4.65M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
EGM
51
Engineers Gate Manager
New York
$547K +$118K +5,474 +31%
Royal Bank of Canada
52
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$540K +$1.8K +83 +0.4%
Acadian Asset Management
53
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$497K – – –
FQ
54
First Quadrant
California
$486K -$31.2K -1,440 -6%
Prudential Financial
55
Prudential Financial
New Jersey
$481K +$8.55K +395 +2%
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
56
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
California
$477K +$8.07K +373 +2%
Creative Planning
57
Creative Planning
Kansas
$468K -$6.78K -313 -2%
Geode Capital Management
58
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$454K +$202K +9,324 +92%
KBC Group
59
KBC Group
Belgium
$446K – – –
CS
60
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$425K -$2.11M -97,573 -84%
Barclays
61
Barclays
United Kingdom
$410K +$52.9K +2,442 +16%
D.E. Shaw & Co
62
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$399K +$369K +17,051 New
PCM
63
Palouse Capital Management
Washington
$389K +$109K +5,032 +43%
New York State Common Retirement Fund
64
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
$357K – – –
ASRS
65
Arizona State Retirement System
Arizona
$354K -$105K -4,863 -24%
RA
66
Royce & Associates
New York
$351K – – –
AllianceBernstein
67
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$343K -$6.75K -312 -2%
Susquehanna International Group
68
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$333K -$30.6K -1,412 -9%
CSS
69
Cubist Systematic Strategies
Connecticut
$330K +$306K +14,133 New
TI
70
Trexquant Investment
Connecticut
$309K +$286K +13,234 New
PTC
71
Petrus Trust Company
Texas
$306K +$284K +13,099 New
Bessemer Group
72
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
$304K – – –
ARTA
73
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
$290K -$116K -5,375 -30%
Comerica Bank
74
Comerica Bank
Texas
$286K -$414K -19,133 -61%
ICM
75
Ionic Capital Management
New York
$284K +$263K +12,133 New
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CENT Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2019 in Review

118 of the 4,560 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) for Q3 2019, worth a combined $326M — down 7.3% from $351M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 22 funds closed out of CENT and 15 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 39 trimmed existing stakes and 35 added.

The largest buyer was Citadel Advisors, adding an estimated $4.29M. The largest seller was Bank of America, cutting an estimated $24.7M.

  • 118 institutional investors held Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) as of Q3 2019, down from 125 in Q2 2019.
  • Funds reported $326M of Central Garden & Pet Co stock for Q3 2019, down 7.3% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 15 funds opened new Central Garden & Pet Co positions in Q3 2019 and 22 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest Central Garden & Pet Co buyer in Q3 2019 was Citadel Advisors, an estimated $4.29M added.
  • The largest Central Garden & Pet Co seller in Q3 2019 was Bank of America, an estimated $24.7M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2019.