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SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, ENFY, and EVGN

Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), CF Industries (CF), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), Enlightify (ENFY), and Evogene (EVGN).

Scotts Miracle-Gro vs.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Mosaic had 4 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Mosaic and 19 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Mosaic's score of 1.23 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mosaic
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Scotts Miracle-Gro
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mosaic received 349 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.10% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
719
55.10%
Underperform Votes
586
44.90%
Scotts Miracle-GroOutperform Votes
370
54.57%
Underperform Votes
308
45.43%

Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Mosaic pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out 528.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scotts Miracle-Gro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mosaic$11.06B1.00$1.16B$1.1630.19
Scotts Miracle-Gro$3.45B1.02-$34.90M$0.50121.69

Mosaic has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of -0.67%. Mosaic's return on equity of 6.00% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mosaic3.24% 6.00% 3.17%
Scotts Miracle-Gro -0.67%-51.48%4.85%

Mosaic has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Mosaic currently has a consensus target price of $34.58, suggesting a potential downside of 1.25%. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a consensus target price of $65.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Mosaic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Scotts Miracle-Gro
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Summary

Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SMG vs. The Competition

MetricScotts Miracle-GroAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.51B$4.91B$3.08B$19.30B
Dividend Yield4.32%3.84%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio-126.7638.7367.8834.53
Price / Sales1.024.3525,591,212,775,269,400.0034.83
Price / Cash16.817.3124.3417.51
Price / Book-7.301.035.214.69
Net Income-$34.90M$314.10M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.32%-1.21%2.45%-1.74%
1 Month Performance14.67%14.87%5.51%7.50%
1 Year Performance-8.40%-31.04%16.98%4.15%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.1749 of 5 stars
$60.85
+0.1%
$65.83
+8.2%
-8.4%$3.51B$3.45B-126.766,100Positive News
Analyst Revision
MOS
Mosaic
4.0489 of 5 stars
$35.34
+0.4%
$34.58
-2.1%
+10.3%$11.21B$11.06B31.2713,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.406 of 5 stars
$35.97
-1.0%
$19.00
-47.2%
+34.8%$479.01M$273.17M-10.74440Insider Trade
AVD
American Vanguard
2.9263 of 5 stars
$4.29
+4.9%
$14.00
+226.3%
-53.4%$123.50M$553.84M-4.17800Positive News
CF
CF Industries
3.9327 of 5 stars
$87.60
-0.2%
$90.21
+3.0%
+11.6%$14.85B$6.13B12.942,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ICL
ICL Group
2.6012 of 5 stars
$6.60
-2.1%
$6.75
+2.3%
+33.3%$8.67B$6.84B21.2913,200Earnings Report
UAN
CVR Partners
2.9283 of 5 stars
$83.52
+1.9%
N/A-1.9%$1.43B$540.53M14.50300Positive News
High Trading Volume
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
3.2222 of 5 stars
$4.76
+2.4%
$8.63
+81.2%
-59.1%$298.50M$407.73M238.12500Earnings Report
CBUS
Cibus
1.6209 of 5 stars
$3.12
+10.6%
$22.00
+605.1%
-82.6%$101.94M$4.75M-0.1448
ENFY
Enlightify
N/A$1.04
-2.8%
N/AN/A$16.76M$87.36M-0.51424
EVGN
Evogene
1.8575 of 5 stars
$1.34
+2.3%
$12.00
+795.5%
-84.0%$7.19M$8.51M-0.30140News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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