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NYSE:SMG

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Competitors

$63.21
-2.14 (-3.27%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$61.97
$65.76
50-Day Range
$63.21
$76.96
52-Week Range
$39.06
$102.25
Volume
600,718 shs
Average Volume
766,284 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.54 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
4.18%
Price Target
$76.29

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mosaic$19.13 billion0.55$3.58 billion$8.073.96
Scotts Miracle-Gro$3.74 billion0.95-$437.50 million-$11.21-5.64

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mosaic
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92
Scotts Miracle-Gro
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mosaic 15.08% 28.64% 14.64%
Scotts Miracle-Gro -16.57% 81.02% 3.29%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
695
56.64%
Underperform Votes
532
43.36%
Scotts Miracle-GroOutperform Votes
353
56.03%
Underperform Votes
277
43.97%

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.

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

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.
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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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SMG vs. The Competition

MetricScotts Miracle-GroAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.54B$3.62B$2.54B$14.24B
Dividend Yield4.04%9.48%4.88%4.06%
P/E Ratio-5.6449.3293.8320.49
Price / Sales0.9567.5475,041.439.05
Price / Cash10.7928.8725.4223.16
Price / Book25.804.102.919.09
Net Income-$437.50M$1.03B$406.57M$896.31M
7 Day Performance-5.23%-2.66%-1.68%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-5.39%-3.18%1.50%-2.91%
1 Year Performance-33.20%-1.23%-12.08%-10.42%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
2.6595 of 5 stars
$35.68
-0.8%
$48.35
+35.5%
-44.3%$11.95B$18.81B4.4213,570Analyst Report
CF
CF Industries
2.7055 of 5 stars
$67.49
+0.7%
$94.71
+40.3%
-35.2%$13.16B$11.19B4.512,700Analyst Report
Insider Selling
ICL
ICL Group
2.0945 of 5 stars
$6.32
-3.7%
$8.33
+31.9%
-50.5%$8.13B$10.02B4.5113,619Analyst Report
News Coverage
NEU
NewMarket
1.9419 of 5 stars
$396.06
-0.5%
N/A+17.0%$3.81B$2.76B12.302,104
MP
MP Materials
3.0085 of 5 stars
$22.00
+0.8%
$40.33
+83.3%
-47.4%$3.91B$527.51M17.32365Insider Buying
CBT
Cabot
2.3039 of 5 stars
$71.26
-1.3%
$93.50
+31.2%
-8.9%$4.00B$4.32B12.844,200Short Interest ↑
SID
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
1.3671 of 5 stars
$2.65
-2.2%
N/A-47.8%$3.68B$8.59B-265.0026,766
BCPC
Balchem
2.9849 of 5 stars
$124.39
-0.3%
$140.00
+12.5%
-1.9%$4.02B$946.03M40.651,340Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KWR
Quaker Chemical
2.1304 of 5 stars
$199.58
-3.3%
$231.00
+15.7%
+24.7%$3.59B$1.94B-554.394,600
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.9973 of 5 stars
$22.45
-1.9%
$38.13
+69.8%
-24.8%$3.58BN/A-57.56347

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