Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.
As of today (2024-04-19), the stock price of The Scotts Miracle Gro Co is $68.39. The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.
The historical rank and industry rank for The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of The Scotts Miracle Gro Co was 11.50. The lowest was 4.46. And the median was 7.98.
SMG's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 1.13 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.
Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Graham Number Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Graham Number can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) Graham Number Explanation
Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:
Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.
Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)
Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.
In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
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68.39
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* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Be Aware
Please keep these in mind:
1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.
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The Scotts Miracle Gro Co (The Scotts Miracle Gro Co) Business Description
Scotts Miracle-Gro is the largest provider of gardening and lawncare products in the United States. The majority of the company's sales are to large retailers that include Home Depot, Lowe's, and Walmart. Scotts Miracle-Gro can sell its products at a higher price point than its competition because of a well-recognized portfolio of brands that include Miracle-Gro, Roundup, Ortho, Tomcat, and Scotts. Scotts is also the leading supplier of cannabis-growing equipment in North America through its Hawthorne business.
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