SMG vs. CF, MOS, IPI, AVD, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, ENFY, and NITO
Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), Enlightify (ENFY), and N2OFF (NITO).
Scotts Miracle-Gro vs.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
CF Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CF Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 9 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CF Industries and 9 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.41 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -550.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 31.6% 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. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CF Industries received 446 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus target price of $75.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $92.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than CF Industries.
74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of -0.67%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.57% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Industries beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMG) was last updated on 2/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
