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

SMG POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where SMG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 62.7% of US stocks.
• SMG's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• 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 5.7 -- better than 93.5% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 84.46% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 49.59%, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co's debt growth rate surpasses 83.49% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Scotts Miracle-Gro Co are REGI, AWI, MGRC, OII, and VMI.
• 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

• 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 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 36.04%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 180.58%.
• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -46.25%.

SMG's revenue has moved up $1,825,800,000 over the prior 34 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
2021-12-31	4,742.3	-72.9	438
2021-09-30	4,925	271.5	512.5
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

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.