A new trading day began on Friday, with Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) stock price up 4.24% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $55.4. SMG’s price has ranged from $45.61 to $79.11 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Basic Materials sector has dropped its sales by -18.33% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 14.42%. With a float of $44.22 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.80 million.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Agricultural Inputs Industry. The insider ownership of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is 23.85%, while institutional ownership is 73.79%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 10 ’25, was worth 681,303. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 05 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 56,633 for $63.02, making the entire transaction worth $3,569,020. This insider now owns 13,217,641 shares in total.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.89 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.99 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 14.42% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.21% during the next five years compared to -18.33% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.47. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.98. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.23.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.42, a number that is poised to hit -0.97 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.96 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.8 million. That was inferior than the volume of 0.95 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.22%.
During the past 100 days, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s (SMG) raw stochastic average was set at 31.73%, which indicates a significant decrease from 91.33% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.67 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.70 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $55.48, while its 200-day Moving Average is $59.08. However, in the short run, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $58.41. Second resistance stands at $59.07. The third major resistance level sits at $60.37. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $56.46, it is likely to go to the next support level at $55.16. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $54.50.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 3.35 billion, the company has a total of 57,995K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 3,413 M while annual income is 145,200 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 387,300 K while its latest quarter income was -151,900 K.
