Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) is a publicly traded agricultural inputs business based in the US. In the week up to 30 September Scotts Miracle-Gro shares plunged 14.41% to a closing position of $42.75. Over the last 12 months, Scotts Miracle-Gro's share price has fallen by an alarming 70.95% from $147.14. Scotts Miracle-Gro is listed on the NYSE and employs 7,300 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $42.75
| 1 week (2022-09-23) | -14.41% |
|---|---|
| 3 months (2022-07-01) | -46.68% |
| 6 months (2022-03-30) | -66.97% |
| 1 year (2021-10-01) | -70.95% |
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| 2 years (2020-10-01) | -71.59% |
| 3 years (2019-10-01) | -57.60% |
| 5 years (2017-09-29) | -56.08% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, Scotts Miracle-Gro shares trade at around 7x 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.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.8865. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Scotts Miracle-Gro's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $559.7 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Scotts Miracle-Gro's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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 Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's total ESG risk: 49.77
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Scotts Miracle-Gro'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 Scotts Miracle-Gro 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.).
Scotts Miracle-Gro's environmental score: 24.65/100
Scotts Miracle-Gro's environmental score of 24.65 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Scotts Miracle-Gro is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's social score: 21.72/100
Scotts Miracle-Gro's social score of 21.72 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Scotts Miracle-Gro is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's governance score: 15.4/100
Scotts Miracle-Gro's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Scotts Miracle-Gro is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Scotts Miracle-Gro scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Scotts Miracle-Gro has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 49.77 |
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| 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 |
| Open | $44.2 |
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| High | $44.41 |
| Low | $42.68 |
| Close | $42.75 |
| Previous close | $44.12 |
| Change | $-1.37 |
| Change % | -3.1052% |
| Volume | 1,340,034 |
| 52-week range | $49.21 - $175.9297 |
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| 50-day moving average | $72.675 |
| 200-day moving average | $109.0609 |
| Wall St. target price | $84.13 |
| PE ratio | 7.1255 |
| Dividend yield | $2.64 (4.99%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $7.01 |
Dividend yield: 4.99% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 4.99% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 49.72% of net profits
Scotts Miracle-Gro has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 4.99% of its share value annually.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has paid out, on average, around 49.72% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.99% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 4.99% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Scotts Miracle-Gro's case, that would currently equate to about $2.64 per share.
While Scotts Miracle-Gro's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Scotts Miracle-Gro's most recent dividend payout was on 8 September 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 August 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Scotts Miracle-Gro's shares have ranged in value from as little as $49.21 up to $175.9297. 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 Scotts Miracle-Gro's is 1.2881. This would suggest that Scotts Miracle-Gro's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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