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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) closed the day trading at $59.76 down -2.48% from the previous closing price of $61.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.73 million shares were traded. SMG stock price reached its highest trading level at $60.7 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $59.3701.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SMG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 350.47 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.01. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.55 and its Current Ratio is at 1.88.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Stifel on March 04, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $70 from $78 previously.
On December 09, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $72.
Truist Downgraded its Buy to Hold on April 05, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $65 to $75.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 13 ’25 when Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. sold 62,877 shares for $66.70 per share. The transaction valued at 4,194,192 led to the insider holds 13,369,274 shares of the business.
Sandoval Brian E sold 1,513 shares of SMG for $99,646 on Feb 12 ’25. The Director now owns 13,039 shares after completing the transaction at $65.86 per share. On Feb 12 ’25, another insider, Sandoval Brian E, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,513 shares for $65.86 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SMG now has a Market Capitalization of 3434568448 and an Enterprise Value of 6401968640. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.799 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.902.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SMG is 1.92, which has changed by -0.148354 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07465422 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SMG has reached a high of $93.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $55.68. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.51%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SMG traded about 848.96K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SMG traded about 1065810 shares per day. A total of 57.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.55M. Insiders hold about 24.22% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 74.23% stake in the company. Shares short for SMG as of 1740700800 were 3285584 with a Short Ratio of 3.87, compared to 1738281600 on 2653237. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3285584 and a Short% of Float of 7.5200000000000005.
Dividends & Splits
SMG’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.64, up from 2.64 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04308094The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.0.
