The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Rank #184ValueSMG · NYSE · Basic Materials
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) — Rank #184 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.33) · ROE -69.6% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-28 · CIK 0000825542 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of products for lawn, garden care, and indoor and hydroponic gardening in the United States and internationally.
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The company provides lawn care products, comprising lawn fertilizers, clover and grass seed products, spreaders, and other durable products, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; and gardening and landscape products, which include water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes, garden soils, mulches and ground cover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and live goods and seeding solutions. It also offers hydroponic products that help users to grow plants, flowers, and vegetables using little or no soil; lighting systems and components; insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas; and non-selective weed killer products. The company sells its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, Grower's Edge, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Whirl, Wizz, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Shake N Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, Miracle-Gro Organic, CAN-FAN, CAN-FILTERS, EcoPlus, Bug B Gon, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, Ortho Max, Home Defense, Mother Earth, Botanicare, General Hydroponics, CYCO, Gavita, Agrolux, HydroLogic Purification System, Gro Pro, AeroGarden, Titan, Tomcat, Ortho Weed B Gon, Roundup, Groundclear, and Alchemist brands. It serves home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, e-commerce platforms, and food and drug stores, as well as indoor gardening and hydroponic distributors, retailers, and growers. The company was formerly known as The Scotts Company.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
- Industry
- Agricultural Inputs
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- State
- OH
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- September 30
- Website
- scottsmiraclegro.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and dividend yield are the primary valuation lenses for mature businesses.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
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P/S (annual)
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P/B
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P/OCF (annual)
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Shareholder Yield
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Employees
5,200
Industry
Agricultural Inputs
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
0/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholdsDividend yield and payout ratio are the primary reads at this stage (trailing P/E — see valuation above).
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.33
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
71st pctl of 39 SIC 28 peers
Return on equity
-69.6%
Gross margin
30.6%
26th pctl of 39 SIC 28 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
-3.9%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
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Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
-4.5%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
-3.7%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
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FCF CAGR (3Y)
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Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
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Current ratio
1.21×
5th pctl of 39 SIC 28 peers
Quick ratio
0.67×
Net cash
-$2.09B
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Recession resistance
Revenue through recessions
Worst single-year YoY revenue decline, 18 years of history
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$273.90M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
0.89
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
2.0%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
1.0 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
7 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).