At the time of writing, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] stock is trading at $52.42, up 1.96%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SMG shares have lost -4.50% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -15.70%, 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 07, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $69 for it. Previously, Truist upgraded its rating to Buy on April 02, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $70. On March 04, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $70 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $72 on December 09, 2024. Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold and raised its price target to $75 on April 05, 2024. Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on March 25, 2024. In a note dated July 13, 2023, Stifel downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $78 to $72.
For the past year, the stock price of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company fluctuated between $49.39 and $93.90. 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 $52.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 54.52% based on the average SMG price forecast.
Analyzing the SMG fundamentals
According to Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG], the company’s sales were 3.56B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.56% jump. 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 49.83 points at the first support level, and at 47.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 54.85, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 57.27.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG] has a current ratio of 1.88. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.55, while the Cash Ratio is 0.01. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.85.
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.
