CENT - 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 grooming products, waste management and training pads, and pet containment; supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles, and pet birds, including toys, cages and habitats, bedding, and food and supplements; animal and household health and insect control products; live fish and products for fish, reptiles, and other aquarium-based pets, such as aquariums, furniture and lighting fixtures, pumps, filters, water conditioners, food, and supplements; and products for horses and livestock, as well as outdoor cushions and pillows.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $37.41, ATM IV 36.8%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $39.0K.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market Cap
- $2.39B
- P/E Ratio
- 13.69
- Beta
- 0.54
- 52-Week Range
- 28.77-41.53
- CEO
- Nicholas Lahanas
- Employees
- 6,000
- IPO Date
- Jul 15, 1992
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What CENT Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 16.3% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($39.0K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.215) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The CENT overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked CENT overview questions
- What is CENT?
- CENT is the ticker symbol for Central Garden & Pet Company, a listed security. 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. Listed on NASDAQ. CENT is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the CENT options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the CENT options snapshot shows spot at $37.41, ATM IV 36.8%, IV rank 16.3%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $39.0K, expected move 10.55%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are CENT's key statistics?
- Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) carries a market capitalization of $2.39B, trailing P/E ratio of 13.69, beta of 0.54 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 28.77-41.53. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does CENT belong to?
- Central Garden & Pet Company operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Packaged Foods industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare CENT's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the CENT data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).