SMG vs. MOS, CF, ICL, NEU, MP, CBT, SID, BCPC, KWR, and LAC
Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include Mosaic (MOS), CF Industries (CF), ICL Group (ICL), NewMarket (NEU), MP Materials (MP), Cabot (CBT), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
85.0% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $48.06, suggesting a potential upside of 50.37%. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a consensus price target of $76.29, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given Mosaic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Mosaic has a net margin of 15.08% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of -16.57%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity of 81.02% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mosaic pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mosaic received 342 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.64% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mosaic and Mosaic both had 6 articles in the media. Scotts Miracle-Gro's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Mosaic's score of 0.58 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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