Basic Materials
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company(SMG)
Live Price
Offline$64.69
+3.16% today
1Y Change
+1.89%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.58B
- Revenue Growth
- -3.9%
- EPS Growth
- +513.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.3%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $3.58B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $64.69 and up 1.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.9%, EPS growth of +513.1%, a dividend yield of 4.3%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.9%, EPS +513.1%, free cash flow -53.1% with operating margin 13.6% and ROIC 12.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.3%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.3 and price/sales 1.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SMG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-3.9% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.6% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -3.9% and EPS is at +513.1%, with operating margin around 13.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 4.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | โ | +0.4% | +0.7% | -3.1% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +26.0% | +4.2% | +3.0% | +11.2% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +0.8% | +0.8% | +4.4% | -2.3% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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Relative to SPY
SMG Max Drawdown
-25.26%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
New York Stock Exchange
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 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 operates through three segments: U.S. Consumer, Hawthorne, and Other. It provides lawn care products comprising lawn fertilizers, grass seed products, spreaders, other durable products, and outdoor cleaners, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; gardening and landscape products include water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes and garden soils, mulch and decorative groundcover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and lives goods and seeding solutions. The company also offers hydroponic products that help users to grow plants, flowers, and vegetables using little or no soil; lighting systems and components for use in hydroponic and indoor gardening applications; insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas; and non-selective weed killer products. It sells its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Handy Green II, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Osmocote, Shake 'N Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, SuperSoil, Fafard, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, EcoScraps, Mother Earth, Botanicare, Hydroponics, Vermicrop, Gavita, Agrolux, Can-Filters, Sun System, Gro Pro, Hurricane, AeroGarden, Titan, Tomcat, Ortho Weed B Gon, Roundup, Groundclear, and Alchemist brands. The company 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 Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
- Leadership
- James S. Hagedorn
- IPO Date
- Jan 31, 1992
- Employees
- 5.3k
- Street Address
- 14111 Scottslawn Road
- Mailing
- Marysville, OH, 43041
- Region
- Marysville, OH, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 937 644 0011
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.4
- Price/Sales
- 1.1
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- -3.9%
- EPS
- +513.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -53.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 32.5%
- Operating Margin
- 13.6%
- Net Margin
- 3.3%
- ROE
- -33.7%
- ROIC
- 12.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 1.27
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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