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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.58 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 25th. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Dividend History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The basic materials company reported ($0.91) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.87) by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $497.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $451.49 million. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a net margin of 14.59% and a return on equity of 41.87%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.75) EPS. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Earnings History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Scotts Miracle-Gro updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.95-$5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.98.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock price to reach $94.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.7%. 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.

Media headlines about SMG stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Scotts Miracle-Gro earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,900,000 shares, a decline of 19.2% from the December 15th total of 3,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.8 days. Approximately 7.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Current Options Chain.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.15%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Baxter Bros Inc. (0.01%) and Baxter Bros Inc. (0.01%). 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 Cerebellum GP LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baxter Bros Inc., Baxter Bros Inc., Advisors Preferred LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , CENTRAL TRUST Co, Curbstone Financial Management Corp and IFP Advisors Inc. 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 $108.61.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a market capitalization of $6.06 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]