William Blair Has Negative Estimate for SMG Q4 Earnings

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE:SMG) – Research analysts at William Blair reduced their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro in a report released on Wednesday, January 29th. William Blair analyst J. Andersen now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of ($1.84) for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($1.40). The consensus estimate for Scotts Miracle-Gro’s current full-year earnings is $3.38 per share.

Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The basic materials company reported ($0.89) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.23) by $0.34. Scotts Miracle-Gro had a negative return on equity of 51.48% and a negative net margin of 0.67%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.45) EPS.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on SMG. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Scotts Miracle-Gro from $90.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Scotts Miracle-Gro in a research report on Monday, December 9th. They set a “hold” rating and a $72.00 target price on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Scotts Miracle-Gro from $75.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Scotts Miracle-Gro from $85.00 to $80.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on Scotts Miracle-Gro from $77.00 to $72.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.83.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Stock Performance

NYSE SMG opened at $69.54 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion, a PE ratio of -144.88 and a beta of 1.74. The business’s fifty day moving average is $70.86 and its 200 day moving average is $74.82. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a fifty-two week low of $53.43 and a fifty-two week high of $93.90.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Scotts Miracle-Gro

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. OLD National Bancorp IN boosted its position in shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro by 2.7% during the third quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 5,049 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $438,000 after buying an additional 131 shares during the period. Nicollet Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro by 1.1% during the third quarter. Nicollet Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,845 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,114,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 3,226 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $214,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro by 83.6% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 369 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 168 shares during the period. Finally, Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro by 2.2% in the third quarter. Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth LLC now owns 9,370 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $812,000 after purchasing an additional 203 shares during the period. 74.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Scotts Miracle-Gro

In other Scotts Miracle-Gro news, EVP Christopher Hagedorn sold 3,568 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.50, for a total transaction of $255,112.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 55,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,001,998. The trade was a 5.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, major shareholder Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. sold 28,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.91, for a total value of $2,125,480.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 13,553,774 shares in the company, valued at $1,028,866,984.34. The trade was a 0.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 204,528 shares of company stock valued at $14,879,354. 25.37% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be issued a $0.66 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.80%. Scotts Miracle-Gro’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -549.99%.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Profile

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells products for lawn, garden care, and indoor and hydroponic gardening in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: U.S. Consumer, Hawthorne, and Other. The company provides lawn care products, comprising lawn fertilizers, 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.