Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (SMG)
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of products for lawn, garden care, and indoor and hydroponic gardening in the United States and internationally. The company provides lawn care products, comprising lawn fertilizers, clover and grass seed products, spreaders, and other durable products, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; and gardening and landscape products, which include water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes, garden soils, mulches and ground cover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and live goods and seeding solutions. It also offers hydroponic products that help users to grow plants, flowers, and vegetables using little or no soil; lighting systems and components; insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas; and non-selective weed killer products. The company sells its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, Grower's Edge, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Whirl, Wizz, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Shake N Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, Miracle-Gro Organic, CAN-FAN, CAN-FILTERS, EcoPlus, Bug B Gon, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, Ortho Max, Home Defense, Mother Earth, Botanicare, General Hydroponics, CYCO, Gavita, Agrolux, HydroLogic Purification System, Gro Pro, AeroGarden, Titan, Tomcat, Ortho Weed B Gon, Roundup, Groundclear, and Alchemist brands. It serves home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, e-commerce platforms, and food and drug stores, as well as indoor gardening and hydroponic distributors, retailers, and growers. The company was formerly known as The Scotts Company. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
- Symbol
- SMG
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Agricultural Inputs
- Market cap
- $3.07B
- 52 week range
- 51.11 - 75.34
Valuation
- Share price
- $52.83 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 42.14x
- Price to book
- -14.69x
- Price to free cash flow
- 11.64x
- Enterprise value
- $5.15B
- Book value per share
- $-3.59
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | +2.74% |
| 5 days | -5.81% |
| 1 month | -13.41% |
| 3 months | -16.79% |
| 6 months | -19.54% |
| Year to date | -9.46% |
| 1 year | -8.39% |
| 3 years | +3.45% |
| 5 years | -63.92% |
| 10 years | -35.00% |
| All time | +374.66% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- -40.62%
- Return on invested capital
- 14.20%
- Return on assets
- 5.30%
- Return on capital employed
- 17.91%
- Gross margin
- 30.59%
- Net margin
- 4.25%
- EBITDA margin
- 12.34%
- Revenue growth
- -3.93%
- Net income growth
- 516.05%
- Free cash flow growth
- -53.06%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 8.59%
- Current ratio
- 1.21x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 4.64x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-09-30
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $3.41B
- Cost of revenue
- $2.35B
- Gross profit
- $1.04B
- EBITDA
- $421.30M
- Net income
- $145.20M
- Earnings per share
- $2.52
- Research and development
- $34.80M
- Interest expense
- $128.80M
- Shares outstanding
- 57.60M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $3.41B | $1.04B | $145.20M | $2.52 |
| 2024-09-30 | $3.55B | $850.50M | $-34.90M | $-0.61 |
| 2023-09-30 | $3.55B | $657.30M | $-380.10M | $-6.79 |
| 2022-09-30 | $3.92B | $872.90M | $-437.50M | $-7.88 |
| 2021-09-30 | $4.92B | $1.47B | $512.50M | $9.20 |
| 2020-09-30 | $4.13B | $1.35B | $387.40M | $6.96 |
| 2019-09-30 | $3.16B | $1.02B | $460.70M | $8.30 |
| 2018-09-30 | $2.66B | $864.60M | $63.70M | $1.13 |
| 2017-09-30 | $2.64B | $972.60M | $218.30M | $3.68 |
| 2016-09-30 | $2.51B | $900.30M | $315.30M | $5.16 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 30.59% | 4.25% | -40.62% | 14.20% |
| 2024-09-30 | 23.94% | -0.98% | 8.93% | 9.61% |
| 2023-09-30 | 18.51% | -10.70% | 142.20% | -3.88% |
| 2022-09-30 | 22.24% | -11.15% | -296.21% | -9.41% |
| 2021-09-30 | 29.83% | 10.41% | 50.58% | 16.57% |
| 2020-09-30 | 32.60% | 9.38% | 55.11% | 19.19% |
| 2019-09-30 | 32.31% | 14.60% | 63.70% | 11.24% |
| 2018-09-30 | 32.46% | 2.39% | 17.71% | 8.49% |
| 2017-09-30 | 36.81% | 8.26% | 32.99% | 16.31% |
| 2016-09-30 | 35.92% | 12.58% | 42.94% | 16.13% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $36.60M | $2.05B |
| 2024-09-30 | $71.60M | $2.17B |
| 2023-09-30 | $31.90M | $2.56B |
| 2022-09-30 | $86.80M | $2.83B |
| 2021-09-30 | $244.10M | $2.24B |
| 2020-09-30 | $16.60M | $1.46B |
| 2019-09-30 | $18.80M | $1.52B |
| 2018-09-30 | $33.90M | $1.88B |
| 2017-09-30 | $120.50M | $1.26B |
| 2016-09-30 | $28.60M | $1.03B |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-09-30 | $273.90M | $69.00M |
| 2024-09-30 | $583.50M | $80.40M |
| 2023-09-30 | $438.20M | $68.90M |
| 2022-09-30 | $-242.50M | $34.30M |
| 2021-09-30 | $164.60M | $40.60M |
| 2020-09-30 | $495.30M | $57.90M |
| 2019-09-30 | $184.40M | $38.40M |
| 2018-09-30 | $274.30M | $40.40M |
| 2017-09-30 | $293.60M | $25.20M |
| 2016-09-30 | $185.70M | $15.60M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-08-21
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $2.64
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.66 |
| 2026-05-22 | $0.66 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.66 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.66 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.66 |
| 2025-05-23 | $0.66 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.66 |
| 2024-11-22 | $0.66 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-11-04
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Jun/2026 | $2.53 |
| 2026-04-29 | - | - |
| 2026-01-28 | - | - |
| 2025-11-05 | - | - |
| 2025-07-30 | - | - |
| 2025-04-30 | - | - |
| 2025-01-29 | - | - |
| 2024-11-06 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- scottsmiraclegro.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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