The Chairman & CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is Exercising Options


Today it was reported that the Chairman & CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG), James Hagedorn, exercised options to sell 105,703 SMG shares at $39.58 a share, for a total transaction value of $11.52M.

Following James Hagedorn’s last SMG Sell transaction on January 16, 2019, the stock climbed by 41.8%. In addition to James Hagedorn, 10 other SMG executives reported Sell trades in the last month.

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Based on Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending June 30, the company posted quarterly revenue of $1.17 billion and quarterly net profit of $202 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $995 million and had a net profit of $82.1 million. SMG’s market cap is $6.02B and the company has a P/E ratio of 16.63. Currently, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has an average volume of 665.1K.

The insider sentiment on Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has been negative according to 104 insider trades in the past three months. This sentiment is lower than the average sentiment of company insiders in this sector.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of systems and accessories for hydroponic gardening. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Consumer, Hawthorne, and Other. The U.S. Consumer segment consists of consumer lawn and garden business.

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