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

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

Scotts Miracle-Gro announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 6th. Investors of record on Monday, August 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 24th. This is a positive change from Scotts Miracle-Gro's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Dividend History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.55 by $0.12. The basic materials company earned $994.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $996.40 million. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a net margin of 6.80% and a return on equity of 43.37%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.57 EPS. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Earnings History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.70-3.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.78. The company issued revenue guidance of +0-2% to ~$2.64-2.69 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.68 billion.

5 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Scotts Miracle-Gro's share price to reach $84.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. 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 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

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Media headlines about SMG stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Scotts Miracle-Gro earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company an impact score of 45.69 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (6.99%), BlackRock Inc. (6.33%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.72%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.32%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (1.68%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.20%). Company insiders that own Scotts Miracle-Gro stock include Brian D Finn, Denise Stump, Hagedorn Partnership, LP, Ivan C Smith, James Hagedorn, Katherine Littlefield Hagedorn, Michael C Lukemire, Michelle A Johnson, Nancy G Mistretta, Paul Hagedorn, Stephen L Johnson 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, American Century Companies Inc., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, BlackRock Inc. and Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Scotts Miracle-Gro company stock in the last year include Hagedorn Partnership, LP, Ivan C Smith, James Hagedorn, Katherine Littlefield Hagedorn, Michael C Lukemire, Nancy G Mistretta, Paul Hagedorn 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Apertura Capital LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Isthmus Partners LLC, Markel Corp, Broadview Advisors LLC and Wellington Shields & Co. LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SMG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.51.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a market capitalization of $4.18 billion and generates $2.64 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $218.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.94 on an earnings per share basis. Scotts Miracle-Gro employs 4,700 workers across the globe.

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]