CENTA Short Volume
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Packaged Foods industry, with a market capitalization near $2.15B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 6,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.54 to the broader market. Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes various products for the lawn and garden, and pet supplies markets in the United States. Led by Nicholas Lahanas, public since 2007-02-06.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 67.1K
- Total Volume
- 144.0K
- Short %
- 46.60%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.08%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Central Garden & Pet Company.
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Frequently asked CENTA short volume questions
- What is the daily CENTA short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) short volume is 67.1K shares against 144.0K total reported volume, or 46.60% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CENTA short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does CENTA short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.