“The increase was driven by higher net sales, a higher gross margin rate and lower interest expense, partially offset by higher impairment, restructuring and other charges, higher other non-operating expense, higher income tax expense and higher SG&A.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
SMG
Market read
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 5 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 1.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 4.7 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 0.9 percentage points, with Scotts identifying higher transportation costs within volume, mix, and other factors.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SMG's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 5 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 1.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 4.7 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 24.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 0.9 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 0.9 percentage points, with Scotts identifying higher transportation costs within volume, mix, and other factors.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +4.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +5.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.56x in the latest annual period.
- Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Latest annual revenue changed -3.9% year over year.
- Diluted shares increased 3.3% in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
56.22Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“For the nine months ended June 27, 2026, the increase was driven by higher sales volume of 4.1%, increased pricing of 1.3% and favorable foreign exchange rates of 0.9%.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“The increase was driven by higher net sales, a higher gross margin rate and lower interest expense, partially offset by higher impairment, restructuring and other charges, higher other non-operating expense, higher income tax expense and higher SG&A.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“40 Contents THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY (Dollars in millions, except per share data) REGULATORY MATTERS We are subject to local, state, federal and foreign environmental protection laws and regulations with respect to our business operations and believe we…”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SMG. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +15.8%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +2.1%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +4.4%
- FCF margin change
- -0.5 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 1.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 4.7 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 24.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 0.9 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The decrease was driven by lower accounts receivable sales under the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement, higher SG&A and higher short-term variable cash incentive compensation payments, partially offset by accounts payable timing, higher gross margin and the timing of inventory production.”
“The decrease was driven by higher impairment, restructuring and other charges, higher other non-operating expense and a lower gross margin rate, partially offset by higher net sales, higher equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, lower interest expense and lower income tax expense.”
“The increase was driven by higher net sales, a higher gross margin rate and lower interest expense, partially offset by higher impairment, restructuring and other charges, higher other non-operating expense, higher income tax expense and higher SG&A.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind SMG
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
FLNTFiling-linked nameinvesteeNov 25, 2025 ▾
“FLUENT On December 19, 2024, FLUENT acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of RIV Capital in exchange for FLUENT shares (the “Transaction”).”
Depended on by
CENTACentral Garden & Pet CompanycompetitorNov 26, 2025 ▾
“Our turf and forage grass seed, fertilizers, pesticides and combination products compete primarily with offerings from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, while Spectrum Brands and S.C.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
SMG is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Diversified Product Makers. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for SMG; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.