Scotts Miracle-Gro

Scotts Miracle-Gro carries a Neutral rating, with a composite score of 54 out of 100 and a conviction reading of 2 of 5. Weights are locked at 35 percent fundamentals, 25 percent regulatory, 25 percent market, and 15 percent editorial, and each pillar is broken out for direct review. The fundamentals pillar contributes the largest share at 75, pulling the composite into the middle of the band. Opposite that, editorial prints only 30, and is what keeps the rating anchored where it is.

The scoring inputs are concrete: reported revenue growth of 5.0 percent year over year, an operating margin of 27.7 percent, a filing cadence of 1 regulator events in the trailing 90 days. Together they explain most of the pillar mix. Inputs are limited to primary regulatory filings, licensed fundamentals data, and institutional pricing feeds, plus a density read from CIN newsroom coverage. The rating enables direct comparison across the 336 tickers in the CIN coverage universe on a consistent, deterministic basis, and refreshes on a scheduled cadence tied to the primary-source ingest cycle.

The clearest catalyst is the next quarterly print. Fundamentals contribute 75 of the composite, and either an acceleration in top-line growth or a stabilization of the operating margin would move the score higher; a deterioration on either would compress it.