NYSE:SMG - Scotts Miracle-Gro Stock Price, Forecast & News

Scotts Miracle-Gro trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SMG."

Scotts Miracle-Gro declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Dividend History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The basic materials company reported ($1.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($1.24) by $0.12. The basic materials company earned $365.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $345.32 million. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a return on equity of 38.31% and a net margin of 14.54%. The business's revenue was up 22.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($1.39) EPS. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Earnings History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.95-5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.28-3.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.30 billion.

5 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Scotts Miracle-Gro's shares. Their forecasts range from $77.10 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Scotts Miracle-Gro's share price to reach $103.82 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Scotts Miracle-Gro in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Press coverage about SMG stock has been trending very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Scotts Miracle-Gro earned a news impact score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,450,000 shares, a drop of 15.5% from the January 15th total of 2,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 377,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.5 days. Approximately 6.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Current Options Chain.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.94%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (2.87%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.41%), State Street Corp (1.75%), Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. (1.30%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.16%). Company insiders that own Scotts Miracle-Gro stock include Adam Hanft, Brian D Finn, Denise Stump, Hagedorn Partnership, LP, James D King, James Hagedorn, Katherine Littlefield Hagedorn, Michael C Lukemire, Nancy G Mistretta, Stephen L Johnson, Thomas N Kelly Jr and Thomas Randal Coleman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

SMG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold Scotts Miracle-Gro company stock in the last year include Adam Hanft, Denise Stump, Hagedorn Partnership, LP, James D King, James Hagedorn, Katherine Littlefield Hagedorn, Michael C Lukemire, Nancy G Mistretta, Stephen L Johnson, Thomas N Kelly Jr and Thomas Randal Coleman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

SMG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Assetmark Inc., Earnest Partners LLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., Sei Investments Co., Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC and Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Shares of SMG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SMG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $121.24.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a market capitalization of $6.74 billion and generates $3.16 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $460.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.47 on an earnings per share basis. Scotts Miracle-Gro employs 5,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Scotts Miracle-Gro.

The official website for Scotts Miracle-Gro is http://www.scotts.com/.

Scotts Miracle-Gro's mailing address is 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD, MARYSVILLE OH, 43041. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 937-644-0011 or via email at [email protected]