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. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 26th will be given 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 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 25th. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Dividend History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The basic materials company reported ($0.91) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.87) by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $497.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $451.49 million. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a net margin of 14.59% and a return on equity of 41.87%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.75) earnings per share. 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 earnings per share guidance of $4.95-$5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.98.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Scotts Miracle-Gro's share price to reach $94.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.5%. 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.

News articles about SMG stock have trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

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

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Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Baxter Bros Inc. (0.01%), Baxter Bros Inc. (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%) and IFP Advisors Inc (0.00%). 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., Curbstone Financial Management Corp, IFP Advisors Inc and Winslow Evans & Crocker 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 $110.91.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a market capitalization of $6.19 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]