Are Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) stocks a prudent buy?

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] stock is trading at $57.96, up 5.82%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The SMG shares have gain 1.54% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.37%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE: SMG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 02, 2025, when Truist upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $70 for it. Previously, Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy on March 04, 2025, and dropped its price target to $70. On December 09, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Hold rating and assigned a price target of $72 on the stock. Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold and increased its price target to $75 on April 05, 2024. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Stifel downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 13, 2023, and downed its price target to $72. In a note dated July 11, 2023, Truist upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $65 to $80.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] stock has fluctuated between $53.37 and $93.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81 within the next 12 months. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE: SMG] shares were valued at $57.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 39.75% based on the average SMG price forecast.

Analyzing the SMG fundamentals

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG] reported sales of 3.56B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.56%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.27% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.0%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.01, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.12. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -5.61.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 55.93 points at the first support level, and at 53.90 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 58.98, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 60.00.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s Current Ratio is 1.88. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.55, while the Cash Ratio is 0.01. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.94.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., Director, that happened on Feb 13 ’25 when 62877.0 shares were sold. Director, Sandoval Brian E completed a deal on Feb 12 ’25 to sell 1513.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Sandoval Brian E bought 1513.0 shares on Feb 12 ’25.

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