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Company Dossier · Materials

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

SMGNYSEFertilizers & Agricultural ChemicalsCOLUMBUS, US-OH, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $3.48 billion, up 4.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $0.26 billion, up 8.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 27, 2026: $0.11 billion, up 57% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to September 30, 2025: $0.02 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to September 30, 2020: $0.45 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.30 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed November 25, 2025): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $2.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 463 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+21 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 3 (6 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Cash flow

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.3BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$3.5BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.02BData to Sep 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Sep 2020
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Sep 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

3.5Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

1.0Data 23 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.30Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Nov 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

3.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$2.2MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

463.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  3. Oct 16, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  4. Sep 25, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  5. Sep 22, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: HERBICIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMULATING AND USING THE SAMEUS 12740562
  6. Sep 15, 20268-K
    Material agreement terminatedItem 1.02
  7. Sep 11, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  8. Sep 3, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  9. Sep 3, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  10. Aug 27, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  11. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  12. Jul 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  13. Jul 1, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  14. May 26, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONSUS 12635624
  15. May 19, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MULTI-PURPOSE LIGNIN-CARBOHYDRATE BINDING SYSTEMUS 12630486
  16. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  17. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  18. Mar 10, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: PLANT GROWING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEUS 12568891
  19. Feb 17, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: LIGHT FIXTURE INCLUDING HEAT SINK FOR SUPPORTING LIGHTING MODULEUS 12553598
  20. Jan 29, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  21. Jan 29, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  22. Jan 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  23. Nov 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  24. Nov 24, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  25. Nov 24, 20258-K
    Material agreement terminatedItem 1.02
  26. Nov 12, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  27. Sep 3, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  28. Aug 5, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  29. Jan 31, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  30. Jan 31, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  31. Nov 26, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
  32. Nov 5, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  33. Nov 22, 202310-K
    Annual report (10-K)5 risk factors added, 2 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
CF Industries CF$7.7B$1.9BJun 30, 2026
Mosaic Company (The) MOS$12.3B−$0.9BJun 30, 2026
Corteva CTVA$17.8B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Cabot Corp CBT$3.6B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Avient AVNT$3.3B$0.2BJun 30, 2026
Knife River Corporation KNF$3.3B$0.0BJun 30, 2026
Coeur Mining CDE$3.2B$1.2BJun 30, 2026
Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS$3.1B$0.4BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
825542
LEI
2TH9E0JTOUXOEGI2R879
Wikidata
Q2414097

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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