SMG
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Basic Materials · Agricultural Inputs · NYQ
$57.67
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 85.7%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$3.6B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
17.57
Reasonably valued
Forward P/E
12.90
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+5.0%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
3.2%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
N/A
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$74.00
+28% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 6 analysts covering this stock
About The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of products for lawn, garden care, and indoor and hydroponic gardening in the United States and internationally. The company provides lawn care products, comprising lawn fertilizers, clover and grass seed products, spreaders, and other durable products, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; and gardening and landscape products, which include water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes, garden soils, mulches and ground cover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and live goods and seeding solutions. It also offers hydroponic products that help users to grow plants, flowers, and vegetables using little or no soil; lighting systems and components; insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas; and non-selective weed killer products. The company sells its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, Grower's Edge, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Whirl, Wizz, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Shake ‘N Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, Miracle-Gro Organic, CAN-FAN, CAN-FILTERS, EcoPlus, Bug B Gon, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, Ortho Max, Home Defense, Mother Earth, Botanicare, General Hydroponics, CYCO, Gavita, Agrolux, HydroLogic Purification System, Gro Pro, AeroGarden, Titan, Tomcat, Ortho Weed B Gon, Roundup, Groundclear, and Alchemist brands. It serves home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, e-commerce platforms, and food and drug stores, as well as indoor gardening and hydroponic distributors, retailers, and growers. The company was formerly known as The Scotts Company. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.

https://scottsmiraclegro.com

Country: United States Employees: 5,200 Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
Sharpe Ratio
0.210
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
Kelly Fraction
0.0168
Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested
Calmar Ratio
0.001
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
0.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-47.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
17
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
1.86
Significantly more volatile than the market
52W High
$72.35
20% below the year high
52W Low
$52.00
11% above the year low
Avg Volume
968,311
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
5.2
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
12.0%
Elevated short interest — bears are positioned against this
Div Yield
432.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$3.48
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
N/A
Current Ratio
1.27
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.61
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
32.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
27.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$412M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.5B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$206M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
6
Target High
$80.00
Target Median
$74.00
Target Low
$67.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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