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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Chemicals · CIK 0000825542
$55.93
+0.13% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 21, 2026
$3.23B market value
From SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's FY2025 10-K, filed Nov 25, 2025 · read the filing
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO makes paints, coatings and speciality chemicals. It took in $3.41B last year, which makes it a mid-sized company. Of every dollar it sells, about 4 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by accounting, with profitability and debt worth watching, while growth remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Financial health
A mixed picture — some clear strengths and some weaknesses.
From SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Operating income
$208.8M → $358.6M
Profit
-$34.9M → $145.2M
Free cash flow
$583.5M → $273.9M
Earnings per share
-$0.61 → $2.51
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Nov 25, 2025
Improved: +71.7%
$208.8M to $358.6MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: turned positive
-$34.9M to $145.2MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
SMG rose 0.13% on the latest quote. The average Materials company tracked here moved −1.23%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 1.4 points above its sector and 1.2 points above the market.
These coincide with the move in time. None is presented as its cause: a price can move on news that names no company, on the wider market, or on trading that no document records.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 11 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 11 analysts publishing on this company, 4 say strong buy, 3 say buy and 4 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 4 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $145.2M last year.
No. Sales shrank 3.9% last year.
Manageable, but notable. Clearing its debt would take about 5.6 years of cash flow. For every $1 it owes, it owns $0.88 in assets.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It paid out more than it earned — 106 cents for every dollar of profit. A payment above earnings has to be funded from somewhere else, so it is worth checking whether that can continue. It paid out 42% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 12 years.
WeakNext payment expected around , projected from how regularly it has paid before rather than from a date the company has announced.
Figures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it earned $145.2M and generated $371.3M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Nov 25, 2025Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Nov 26, 2024Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Nov 22, 2023Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Nov 28, 2022Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Nov 28, 2022Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $3.41B | $3.55B | $3.55B | $3.92B | $4.92B | −3.9% |
| Cost of revenue | $2.35B | $2.62B | $2.71B | $2.89B | $3.43B | −10.3% |
| Gross profit | $1.04B | $850.5M | $657.3M | $872.9M | $1.47B | +22.8% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 30.6% | 23.9% | 18.5% | 22.2% | 29.8% | +6.7 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $603.4M | $559.0M | $551.3M | $613.0M | $743.5M | +7.9% |
| Operating income | $358.6M | $208.8M | -$174.4M | -$434.0M | $723.0M | +71.7% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 10.5% | 5.9% | -4.9% | -11.1% | 14.7% | +4.6 pts |
| Interest expense | $128.8M | $158.8M | $178.1M | $118.1M | $78.9M | −18.9% |
| Income before tax | $221.7M | -$23.6M | -$453.3M | -$558.1M | $677.1M | n/m |
| Net income | $145.2M | -$34.9M | -$380.1M | -$437.5M | $512.5M | n/m |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 4.3% | -1.0% | -10.7% | -11.1% | 10.4% | +5.2 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $2.51 | $-0.6112 | $-6.73 | $-7.88 | $9.22 | n/m |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMGSCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO · this page | 6.0/10 | 8/9 |
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Was granted or awarded shares — 144 shares
Holds 30,323 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 575 shares
Holds 20,190 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Had a director or senior officer leave or join
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
The 36 subsidiaries named in its 10-K, incorporated across 11 places. A filer lists the significant ones and may leave the rest out, so this is the floor rather than the full count.
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from SMG's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-09-30, filed Nov 25, 2025), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
4 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. All four had enough reported figures. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.0 | 8/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 25, 2025 |
| FY2024 | 6.0 | 6/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 26, 2024 |
| FY2023 | 4.0 | 5/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 22, 2023 |
| FY2022 | 4.0 | 3/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 28, 2022 |
| FY2021 | 7.0 | 5/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 23, 2021 |
| FY2020 | 8.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Nov 24, 2020 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
8 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
2.54
In the grey zone
For this model, above 2.99 is safe and below 1.81 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
-2.92
Below the threshold — nothing unusual flagged
Scores above -1.78 are the ones the model associates with earnings manipulation.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: -53.1%
$583.5M to $273.9MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Improved: turned positive
-$0.61 to $2.51Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -48.9%
$71.6M to $36.6MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +22.8%
$850.5M to $1.04BSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +6.7 pts
23.9% to 30.6%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +4.6 pts
5.9% to 10.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +5.2 pts
-1.0% to 4.3%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Changed: +16.0%
$84.0M to $97.4MSignificant
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Improved: -5.7%
$2.17B to $2.05BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Deteriorated: +1.2%
57.1M to 57.8MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it.
Deteriorated: -23.5%
$221.8M to $169.6MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -24.7%
$149.1M to $112.2MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −4.7 pts
19.1% to 14.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −3.3 pts
12.9% to 9.6%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -25.4%
$2.58 to $1.93Significant
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -30.1%
$39.6M to $27.7MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: -14.0%
$2.14B to $1.84BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Deteriorated: -40.1%
$610.5M to $365.9MCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: -57.8%
$401.8M to $169.6MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -53.0%
$238.6M to $112.2MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −10.6 pts
41.8% to 31.2%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −13.1 pts
27.5% to 14.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: -53.0%
$4.10 to $1.93Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +346.8%
$6.2M to $27.7MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -19.7%
$1.46B to $1.17BSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: −6.8 pts
16.3% to 9.6%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: -11.2%
$2.07B to $1.84BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
2 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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About 9.2% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
The trailing P/E is 8.6x — investors pay $8.6 for each $1 of trailing profit.
Nothing unusual. Its accounting patterns look like those of companies that report earnings straightforwardly.
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| Median of peers | 8.0/10 | — | 13.8% | 14.9% | 10.13x | 1.47x |
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Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Holds 15,393 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 1,559 shares at $49.02 ($76.4K)
Holds 13,834 shares after this filing.
Notice filed ahead of a planned sale — the sale itself has not necessarily happened yet.
Filed notice to sell 831 shares ($51.2K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Filed notice to sell 30,000 shares ($2.0M) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Partnership contribution.
Filed notice to sell 1,171 shares ($80.0K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Estimated from how often this has happened before, not a confirmed date.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Terminated a material agreement · Reported another event
Had a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingSigned a material agreement
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2026
Operating margin −4.7 pts · Operating income -23.5% · Profit -24.7% — against Q3 FY2026
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue +5.0% · Operating margin +2.4 pts · Long-term debt -17.0% — against Q2 FY2026
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Operating margin +6.3 pts · Operating income $24.0M narrower · Profit $55.5M wider — against Q1 FY2026
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Held a shareholder vote
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Operating margin +4.6 pts · Operating income +71.7% · Profit turned positive — against FY2024
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Terminated a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingSource: Exhibit 21 of the 10-K filed 2025-11-25. These are legal entities, not brands or acquisitions — a company that bought a business may hold it inside an entity named here, or inside one small enough that the rule does not require naming it at all.
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