Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) (SMG): Price and Financial Metrics

SMG POWR Grades

• SMG scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 67.75% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SMG is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• SMG ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

SMG Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for SMG is 4.52 -- better than 91.19% of US stocks.
• SMG's went public 29.67 years ago, making it older than 81.95% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Of note is the ratio of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.51% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Scotts Miracle-Gro Co, a group of peers worth examining would be RE, TEX, APAM, DAR, and ATRO.
• Visit SMG's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.scottsmiraclegro.com.

SMG Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, SMG's price/sales ratio is 21.74% lower, now standing at 1.8.
• Over the past 243 months, SMG's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.2.
• SMG's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 4.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SMG.

SMG Growth Metrics

• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -53.25%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -46.25%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 13.26%.

Over the past 70 months, SMG's revenue has gone up $2,060,900,000.

The table below shows SMG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	5,077.4	308.4	564.2
2021-03-31	4,960.4	465.2	541.1
2020-12-31	4,514.4	455.5	483.3
2020-09-30	4,131.6	558	387.4
2020-06-30	3,739	347	325.7
2020-03-31	3,416.6	165.8	324.6

SMG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SMG has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 67.75% of graded US stocks.
• SMG's asset turnover comes in at 1.199 -- ranking 8th of 90 Chemicals stocks.
• NEU, GEVO, and TSE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SMG.

The table below shows SMG's key quality metrics over time.