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SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, FMC, FDP, AGRO, AVO, 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), Adecoagro (AGRO), Mission Produce (AVO), 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 fertilizers & agricultural chemicals companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Mosaic has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of 1.04%. Mosaic's return on equity of 4.91% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scotts Miracle-Gro1.04% -56.15% 5.61%
Mosaic 3.32%4.91%2.53%

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

In the previous week, Mosaic had 15 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Mosaic and 3 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.53 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mosaic
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$3.55B1.11-$34.90M$0.50137.08
Mosaic$11.06B1.07$174.90M$1.1632.14

Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $34.58, indicating a potential downside of 7.25%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out 528.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mosaic pays out 75.9% 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 has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Summary

Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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-GroAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.96B$2.90B$16.44B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.85%3.78%3.13%3.71%
P/E Ratio137.0813.2320.3328.10
Price / Sales1.114.3357.0138.21
Price / Cash18.328.5414.8722.53
Price / Book-9.982.966.184.58
Net Income-$34.90M$126.43M$685.51M$986.06M
7 Day Performance4.06%1.63%2.70%2.79%
1 Month Performance5.43%-1.36%1.41%5.46%
1 Year Performance9.31%-10.67%7.72%15.06%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.0348 of 5 stars
$68.54
-0.6%
$67.67
-1.3%
+7.9%$3.96B$3.55B137.086,200
MOS
Mosaic
4.1579 of 5 stars
$36.49
+3.3%
$34.58
-5.2%
+35.3%$11.58B$11.12B31.4613,765News Coverage
Positive News
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IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.6527 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.4%
$19.00
-46.8%
+57.1%$476.06M$254.69M-2.25440
AVD
American Vanguard
3.1752 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.8%
$12.00
+207.7%
-50.6%$110.10M$547.31M-0.80800
CF
CF Industries
3.997 of 5 stars
$91.93
+1.0%
$91.79
-0.2%
+34.0%$15.59B$5.94B12.112,800Positive News
FMC
FMC
3.6961 of 5 stars
$41.77
-2.7%
$50.15
+20.1%
-20.6%$5.22B$4.25B15.945,700Trending News
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.1223 of 5 stars
$32.37
+1.0%
N/A+52.1%$1.55B$4.28B10.5839,886News Coverage
AGRO
Adecoagro
1.9227 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.0%
$10.55
+15.3%
-5.1%$914.94M$1.58B14.7610,320News Coverage
AVO
Mission Produce
4.5819 of 5 stars
$11.72
-1.1%
$15.50
+32.3%
+22.3%$827.67M$1.23B23.443,100
CRESY
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.
2.2793 of 5 stars
$10.76
-0.8%
N/A+35.8%$651.09M$1.43B9.362,867
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.7382 of 5 stars
$26.59
-1.1%
$35.00
+31.6%
+23.9%$474.37M$661.54M45.852,106

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This page (NYSE:SMG) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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