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How The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company stacks up
SMG · against 312 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
83/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #77 of 313 · scores higher than 75% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score40 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including SMG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 83?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 69% of peers. Operating margin: 12.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on invested capital: 20.5% vs peer median 6.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on assets: 9.3% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SMG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SMG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 300 reported | 20.5% | 9.3% | 80% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 308 reported | 12.4% | 9.9% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 285 reported | 9.3% | 3.8% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 283 reported | Not reported | 9.2% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 316 reported | 32.2% | 25.9% | 61% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SMG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 3 | 29.0B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 3 | 8.2B CAD (≈$6.0B) | 98 | 59 | |
| 70 | 2.5B USD | 84 | 74 | |
| 77 | 17.2B CNY (≈$2.4B) | 83 | 73 | |
| 77 | 22.6B CNY (≈$3.2B) | 83 | 77 | |
| 77 | 46.79T IDR (≈$2.9B) | 83 | 65 | |
| 77 | 3.6B USD | 83 | 43 | |
| 81 | 2.6B USD | 82 | 70 | |
| 81 | 7.0B USD | 82 | 67 | |
| 81 | 2.29T ARS (≈$2.3B) | 82 | 85 | |
| 81 | 498.8B INR (≈$6.0B) | 82 | 51 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score