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

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

Scotts Miracle-Gro declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 26th. This is a boost from Scotts Miracle-Gro's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Dividend History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $3.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.74 by $0.37. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.07 billion. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a return on equity of 51.15% and a net margin of 12.02%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.67 EPS. View Scotts Miracle-Gro's Earnings History.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 6th 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 FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.35-4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.35. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.09-3.12 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.02 billion.

4 Wall Street 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 share price to reach $93.78 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

4 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

News coverage about SMG stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Scotts Miracle-Gro earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

Scotts Miracle-Gro saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,740,000 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the August 30th total of 3,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 513,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 9.4% 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.11%), Avitas Wealth Management LLC (0.06%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Scotts Miracle-Gro stock include Adam Hanft, Brian D Finn, Denise Stump, Hagedorn Partnership, LP, Ivan C Smith, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc., Park National Corp OH and Stephens Inc. AR. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tuttle Tactical Management and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 $100.23.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a market capitalization of $5.56 billion and generates $2.66 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $63.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.71 on an earnings per share basis. Scotts Miracle-Gro employs 5,150 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]