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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is an agricultural inputs business based in the US. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares (SMG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company employs 7,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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| Latest market close | $163.59 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $133.36 - $252.56 |
| 50-day moving average | $157.97 |
| 200-day moving average | $180.34 |
| Wall St. target price | $200.00 |
| PE ratio | 17.0839 |
| Dividend yield | $2.52 (1.64%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $8.93 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $163.59 from 2022-01-14
| 1 week (2022-01-10) | -0.02% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-12-17) | 4.37% |
| 3 months (2021-10-15) | 10.27% |
| 6 months (2021-07-17) | -10.78% |
| 1 year (2021-01-15) | -25.94% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-01-17) | 46.52% |
| 3 years (2019-01-17) | 139.66% |
| 5 years (2017-01-17) | 75.79% |
Valuing The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4535. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $839.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $4.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 15.23% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.5 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 11.46% |
| Return on equity TTM | 6038% |
| Profit margin | 10.41% |
| Book value | $18.23 |
| Market capitalisation | $8.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 49.77
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's overall score of 49.77 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 98th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 24.65/100
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's environmental score of 24.65 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 21.72/100
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's social score of 21.72 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 15.4/100
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 49.77 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 97.65 |
| Environmental score | 24.65 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 21.72 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 15.4 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 27.86% of net profits
Recently The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has paid out, on average, around 27.86% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shareholders could enjoy a 1.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's case, that would currently equate to about $2.52 per share.
While The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's most recent dividend payout was on 9 December 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 November 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 9 November 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares which in turn could have impacted The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's share price.
Over the last 12 months, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $133.36 up to $252.562. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's is 1.1308. This would suggest that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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.
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