Overview
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, based in the United States, operates primarily within the lawn and garden care industry, producing a broad range of products including fertilizers, plant foods, mulches, grass seed products, and gardening tools. Established in 1868, the company has expanded its operations to cater to both residential and commercial markets. Key initiatives include its expansion into the hydroponics field, particularly through its subsidiary, Hawthorne Gardening, which addresses the burgeoning market for indoor and urban gardening solutions. Furthermore, Scotts Miracle-Gro has engaged in sustainability projects, emphasizing eco-friendly products and practices to enhance environmental stewardship. These strategic directions aim to consolidate the company’s market leadership while adapting to evolving consumer and ecological trends.
Basic Stats
The share price of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as of September 5, 2025 is $63.04 / share. This is an increase of 2.97% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as of September 5, 2025 is $3,637.41 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 3,637.41 MM |
| EV | 5,774.61 MM |
| Shares Out. | 57.70 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 0.92 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.19 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-22 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.25 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 1.20 MM |
| Short Interest | 3.82 MM |
| Short Float | 8.69 % |
| Days to Cover | 5.07 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | -8.48 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.45 |
| Beta | 0.43 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.28 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -0.42 |
| PE Ratio | 68.50 |
| Price/Book | -21.28 |
| Price/TBV | -4.41 |
| Book/Market | -0.05 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.02 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | -0.02 |
| ROA | 0.02 |
| ROE | |
| ROIC | 0.02 |
| CROIC | -0.10 |
| OCROIC | 0.14 |
| Implied Volatility | 35.04 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.28 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is $77.18. The forecasts range from a low of $68.68 to a high of $86.10. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-11-03 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-03 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-03 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-01 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-04 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-04 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-22 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-06-22 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2022-06-14 | Stifel | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-09 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-09 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-06-08 | Truist Securities | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2022-06-02 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-04 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-04 | Stifel | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2022-05-04 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-04 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-04-21 | Barclays | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2022-03-17 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-14 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-03 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-05 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2021-11-18 | Barclays | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2021-09-28 | Truist Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-09-15 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-08-05 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-28 | Stifel | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2021-07-12 | Truist Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-06-24 | UBS | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2021-06-24 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2021-06-23 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-06-02 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-09 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-04 | Truist Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-04 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-11 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-12-11 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Strong Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-07-30 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-22 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-26 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2020-05-14 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-07 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-07 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-16 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Strong Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-02-06 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-25 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-10-01 | Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2019-05-02 | Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2019-03-27 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2019-01-31 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2018-12-17 | Raymond James | Underperform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-10-24 | Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2018-08-24 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-08-01 | Bank of America | Underperform | Underperform | Maintains |
| 2018-07-17 | Bank of America | Underperform | Underperform | Maintains |
| 2018-06-20 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2018-06-01 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2018-05-15 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-05-02 | Bank of America | Buy | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-08 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-08 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-01-11 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2016-12-08 | Bank of America | Underperform | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-08-04 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2016-03-22 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-03-11 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-11-06 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2013-12-16 | KeyBanc | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2013-11-08 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2013-10-17 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2013-09-18 | Janney Capital | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2013-07-24 | Tigress Financial | Strong Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2013-05-31 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2013-02-07 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-12 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-09 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-10 | Ameriprise Financial | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2012-06-13 | Bank oferica | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-05-09 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2012-04-16 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-02 | Truist Securities | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-02 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-02 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-02 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-31 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-31 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-16 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2023-02-21 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-06 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-26 | Barclays | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2023-05-01 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-04 | Truist Securities | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-04 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-10-30 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2023-09-05 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-02 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-03 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-03 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-07-13 | Stifel | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2023-07-11 | Truist Securities | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-08-01 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2023-08-07 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-03-25 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2024-03-04 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-02-05 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-04-05 | Truist Securities | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2024-04-05 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-10 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-02 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-02 | Truist Securities | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-11-08 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-12-09 | Jefferies | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2025-05-13 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-16 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-08-02 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-08-01 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-07 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-11-07 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-16 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-04-16 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-04 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-07-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-03-04 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-04-17 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-17 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-05-01 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-05-01 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-07 | Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-07-31 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-06-09 | Stifel | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2025-06-06 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-06 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-14 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-04 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
