SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, NITO, and EVGN
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), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), N2OFF (NITO), and Evogene (EVGN).
Scotts Miracle-Gro vs.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Mosaic has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of -0.98%. Mosaic's return on equity of 6.00% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.
Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -382.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 74.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mosaic received 341 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.13% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Scotts Miracle-Gro currently has a consensus price target of $75.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.88%. Mosaic has a consensus price target of $35.09, indicating a potential upside of 29.28%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than Scotts Miracle-Gro.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 2 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Mosaic and 12 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.48 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic 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.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMG) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
