SMG vs. CF, MOS, IPI, AVD, FMC, FDP, AGRO, AVO, CRESY, and CVGW
Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), FMC (FMC), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Adecoagro (AGRO), Mission Produce (AVO), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), and Calavo Growers (CVGW).
Scotts Miracle-Gro vs. Its Competitors
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both fertilizers & agricultural chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
CF Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scotts Miracle-Gro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out 347.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Scotts Miracle-Gro had 3 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro and 27 mentions for CF Industries. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.45 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus price target of $71.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.59%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $95.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.90%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than CF Industries.
CF Industries has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of 1.54%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.39% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.
Summary
CF Industries beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMG) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
