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SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, FMC, FDP, AVO, AGRO, CRESY, and CVGW

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), FMC (FMC), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Mission Produce (AVO), Adecoagro (AGRO), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), and Calavo Growers (CVGW).

Scotts Miracle-Gro vs. Its Competitors

Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both mid-cap fertilizers & agricultural chemicals companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Mosaic has a net margin of 8.35% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of 1.54%. Mosaic's return on equity of 4.74% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scotts Miracle-Gro1.54% -60.46% 6.35%
Mosaic 8.35%4.74%2.43%

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out 347.4% 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 pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

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

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
Scotts Miracle-Gro$3.55B0.90-$34.90M$0.7672.95
Mosaic$11.12B0.86$174.90M$2.9510.17

Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus price target of $69.17, indicating a potential upside of 24.75%. Mosaic has a consensus price target of $35.23, indicating a potential upside of 17.46%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Mosaic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Scotts Miracle-Gro
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Mosaic had 2 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mosaic and 10 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.99 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMG vs. The Competition

MetricScotts Miracle-GroAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$2.90B$16.27B$22.10B
Dividend Yield4.76%3.97%3.16%3.55%
P/E Ratio72.9511.1817.7633.37
Price / Sales0.906.1847.2983.20
Price / Cash14.837.4714.6024.64
Price / Book-8.073.277.174.66
Net Income-$34.90M$118.20M$680.91M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.18%0.48%0.60%2.22%
1 Month Performance-1.06%1.40%0.71%1.79%
1 Year Performance-36.08%-24.88%0.38%14.02%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.8543 of 5 stars
$55.45
+0.1%
$69.17
+24.7%
-36.0%$3.20B$3.55B72.956,200Analyst Forecast
MOS
Mosaic
4.915 of 5 stars
$29.59
+0.9%
$35.46
+19.9%
+11.3%$9.39B$11.12B10.0313,765Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.1859 of 5 stars
$27.91
+1.9%
$23.00
-17.6%
+13.9%$371.76M$254.69M-1.79440News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AVD
American Vanguard
2.7988 of 5 stars
$5.27
+1.0%
$12.00
+127.7%
-0.6%$149.83M$547.31M-1.18800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CF
CF Industries
4.16 of 5 stars
$83.93
+0.5%
$96.92
+15.5%
+3.9%$13.59B$5.94B10.962,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.3961 of 5 stars
$29.57
+0.6%
$43.08
+45.7%
-50.8%$3.69B$4.25B36.965,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
3.8677 of 5 stars
$35.48
+2.8%
N/A+19.5%$1.70B$4.28B11.3739,886News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AVO
Mission Produce
4.7323 of 5 stars
$11.77
+0.4%
$17.00
+44.4%
-1.0%$831.20M$1.23B21.803,100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AGRO
Adecoagro
2.9534 of 5 stars
$7.63
-0.2%
$9.60
+25.9%
-33.5%$762.42M$1.52B21.7910,320News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CRESY
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.
3.0515 of 5 stars
$9.52
-0.6%
N/A-1.7%$584.62M$887.72M8.282,867News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.9434 of 5 stars
$23.79
-0.1%
$40.00
+68.1%
-11.6%$424.65M$661.54M27.032,106News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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