SMG - The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$77.25
DETAILS
HIGH:
$79.00
LOW:
$75.00
MEDIAN:
$77.50
CONSENSUS:
$77.25
UPSIDE:
23.38%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive
80% confidence
Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Adjust Assumptions
9.5x
2.01$
Key Value Driver
Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.01)
Implied Market Multiple
31.1x
Plain-Language Summary
Using 7-year normalized EPS of $2.01 at a 10x cycle multiple, the base-case value is $19.11 per share.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (17 analysts)
$77.25
Analyst Range
$75.00 – $79.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
75%
Warnings
This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Wall Street's average price target is $77.25 (from 17 analysts). Our estimate is 75% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
Key Risks
- Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
- 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
- Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing