Analysts’ expectations for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) stock: $72 price target in 12 months

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] stock prices are up 2.24% to $62.45 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The SMG shares have gain 15.67% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 25.38%, and 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.

The stock price of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] has been fluctuating between $45.61 and $93.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $72 within the next 12 months. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE: SMG] shares were valued at $62.45 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.29% based on the average SMG price forecast.

Analyzing the SMG fundamentals

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG] reported sales of 3.45B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -6.84%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.28% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, 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 -0.11 and Total Capital is 0.11. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -8.78.

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 61.18 points at the first support level, and at 59.90 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 63.11, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 63.76.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG]’s Current Ratio is 1.71. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.94 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.04 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 124.70.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., Director, that happened on May 02 ’25 when 25000.0 shares were sold. 10% Owner, Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. completed a deal on May 02 ’25 to buy 25000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. sold 62877.0 shares on Feb 13 ’25.

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