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.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Mosaic received 343 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.95% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -550.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Scotts Miracle-Gro had 21 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro and 17 mentions for Mosaic. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.80 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Scotts Miracle-Gro currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.43%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $32.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.12%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Mosaic.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMG) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
