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

SMG POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where SMG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 76.52% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SMG is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• SMG ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.

SMG Stock Summary

• SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 98.76% of US listed stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 38.11 for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO; that's greater than it is for 98.8% of US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for SMG comes in at 19.26% -- higher than that of 90.58% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO are SEE, GLDD, SPI, ALTO, and PLXS.
• SMG's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's official web site, go to www.scottsmiraclegro.com.

SMG Valuation Summary

• SMG's price/sales ratio is 0.8; this is 38.46% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, SMG's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SMG.

SMG Growth Metrics

The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 46.22%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -58.55%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -161.32%.

SMG's revenue has moved up $1,221,400,000 over the prior 52 months.

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
2022-12-31	3,884.8	204.5	-452.1
2022-09-30	3,924.1	-129	-437.5
2022-06-30	4,168.3	-201	-265.3
2022-03-31	4,591.9	-171.2	404.5
2021-12-31	4,742.3	-72.9	438
2021-09-30	4,925	271.5	512.5

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 67.71% of graded US stocks.
• SMG's asset turnover comes in at 1.199 -- ranking 7th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
• GEVO, LXFR, and NEU are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SMG.

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