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 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 annualized dividend and a dividend 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The basic materials company reported ($0.91) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 earnings per share estimate of $4.98.

5 equities research 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.6%. 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 coverage about SMG stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,900,000 shares, a decline of 19.2% from the December 31st total of 3,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 368,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.9 days. Currently, 7.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Current Options Chain.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include CWM LLC (0.18%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.17%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%). 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System, Cerebellum GP LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp 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., AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Advisor Partners LLC, CWM LLC, Strs Ohio, Advisors Preferred LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SMG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.50.

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]