SMG vs. MOS, IPI, AVD, CF, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, ENFY, 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), Enlightify (ENFY), and Evogene (EVGN).
Scotts Miracle-Gro vs.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mosaic currently has a consensus target price of $32.58, suggesting a potential upside of 22.72%. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a consensus target price of $71.83, suggesting a potential upside of 39.46%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Mosaic.
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.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 5 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Mosaic and 20 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.77 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mosaic received 344 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.99% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Mosaic pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -550.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mosaic has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Scotts Miracle-Gro's net margin of -0.67%. Mosaic's return on equity of 6.00% beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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