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SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, 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 Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), CF Industries (CF), 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 Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both fertilizers & agricultural chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, Mosaic had 12 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Mosaic and 6 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.58 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Scotts Miracle-Gro
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mosaic
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus price target of $67.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.26%. Mosaic has a consensus price target of $35.08, suggesting a potential downside of 5.92%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Mosaic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Scotts Miracle-Gro
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Mosaic has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of 1.04%. Mosaic's return on equity of 4.91% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scotts Miracle-Gro1.04% -56.15% 5.61%
Mosaic 3.32%4.91%2.53%

Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out 528.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mosaic pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scotts Miracle-Gro$3.55B1.12-$34.90M$0.50138.46
Mosaic$11.06B1.07$174.90M$1.1632.15

74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SMG vs. The Competition

MetricScotts Miracle-GroAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$2.87B$16.32B$20.52B
Dividend Yield3.87%3.53%3.13%3.78%
P/E Ratio138.4613.2119.9227.79
Price / Sales1.124.4456.9540.34
Price / Cash18.218.3114.6922.26
Price / Book-10.082.916.144.58
Net Income-$34.90M$126.43M$680.31M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.28%-0.07%-0.82%0.41%
1 Month Performance5.91%-4.33%-0.65%3.59%
1 Year Performance13.31%-14.95%7.52%14.47%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.0199 of 5 stars
$69.23
+1.6%
$67.67
-2.3%
+11.3%$3.93B$3.55B138.466,200
MOS
Mosaic
4.2148 of 5 stars
$36.49
+3.3%
$34.58
-5.2%
+37.8%$11.58B$11.12B31.4613,765Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.6452 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.4%
$19.00
-46.8%
+58.7%$476.06M$254.69M-2.25440News Coverage
AVD
American Vanguard
3.2924 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.8%
$12.00
+207.7%
-50.5%$110.10M$547.31M-0.80800
CF
CF Industries
4.1267 of 5 stars
$91.93
+1.0%
$91.79
-0.2%
+39.8%$15.59B$5.94B12.112,800Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.2951 of 5 stars
$41.77
-2.7%
$50.15
+20.1%
-22.9%$5.22B$4.25B15.945,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.0855 of 5 stars
$32.37
+1.0%
N/A+54.7%$1.55B$4.28B10.5839,886
AGRO
Adecoagro
1.9134 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.0%
$10.55
+15.3%
-4.6%$914.94M$1.58B14.7610,320
AVO
Mission Produce
4.4798 of 5 stars
$11.72
-1.1%
$15.50
+32.3%
+23.1%$827.67M$1.23B23.443,100
CRESY
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.
2.5004 of 5 stars
$10.76
-0.8%
N/A+35.4%$651.09M$1.43B9.362,867
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.7525 of 5 stars
$26.59
-1.1%
$35.00
+31.6%
+20.6%$474.37M$661.54M45.852,106

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