COOT vs ADM vs SMG Stock Comparison

Australian Oilseeds Holdings, Archer-Daniels-Midland and Scotts Miracle-Gro Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
$78.21 -3.6% 1M +26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$37.57B
P/E
21.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$82.10B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
7 wins
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co
$59.32 +16.5% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.45B
P/E
46.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.48B
Div. yield
0.04%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Archer-Daniels-Midland leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Archer-Daniels-Midland 7, Scotts Miracle-Gro 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOTADMSMGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.04M $37.57B $3.45B ADM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 21.2x 46.7x ADM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.0x 12.9x SMG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -0.8% +4.6% SMG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.2% 2.1% ADM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.2% 12.0% SMG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.5x 4.6x ADM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -78.9% +26.3% +7.7% ADM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -48.8%/yr +3.8%/yr -16.7%/yr ADM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.8% 27.7% 38.5% ADM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 43/100 55/100 SMG

Percentile Scorecard

COOTADMSMG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOOTADMSMG
Valuation – 39 #21 of 34 46 #19 of 34
Growth – 20 #25 of 31 87 #5 of 31
Profitability – 57 #13 of 29 86 #5 of 29
Financial Health 6 #34 of 36 63 #14 of 36 17 #30 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 33 #17 of 25 42 #15 of 25
Overall – 43 55
  • COOT ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • ADM ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • SMG ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOOTADMSMGSPY
1 month -25.0%-3.6%+16.5% -0.2%
3 months -2.7%-5.9%-19.0% +3.9%
6 months -41.9%+7.4%-9.3% +8.2%
Year to date -30.1%+36.0%+1.7% +12.9%
1 year -78.9%+26.3%+7.7% +12.3%
3 years -96.9%+11.7%+31.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -68.5%+3.7%+9.7% +23.3%
5 years -96.5%+20.6%-59.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -48.8%+3.8%-16.7% +10.9%
10 years —+81.5%-32.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+6.1%-3.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOOTADMSMGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.8%27.7%38.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.8%26.9%37.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.63-0.100.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.860.950.20 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.0%-57.5%-77.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -79.5%-11.2%-19.3% -1.2%
52-week high $1.76$88.07$73.48 $779.14
52-week low $0.36$56.00$48.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOOTADMSMG
P/E now vs peer median —median 14.8x 21.4xmedian 14.8x 46.7xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 0.5xmedian 0.5x 1.0xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 16.2xmedian 9.1x 12.2xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x 22.5xmedian 15.0x 13.1xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 1.1x -16.5xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -0.99median 1.28 1.28median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOOTADMSMG
Revenue – $82.10B $3.48B
Gross profit – $5.64B $1.11B
Operating income – $1.56B $382.50M
Net income – $1.78B $73.90M
Free cash flow – $1.68B $263.30M
EPS (diluted) – $3.65 $1.25
Cash & equivalents $756.64K $1.06B $27.70M
Total debt $38.38M $8.06B $2.11B
Shares (diluted) 23.64M 485.00M 59.20M
Enterprise value $3.35M $33.57B $3.38B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOOTADMSMG
P/E – 21.4x 46.7x
P/FCF – 22.5x 13.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.5x 9.3x
P/S – 0.5x 1.0x
P/B 3.4x 1.6x -16.5x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 1.7x -6.2x
EV/EBITDA – 16.2x 12.2x
EV/EBIT – 28.6x 14.5x
EV/Revenue – 0.5x 1.6x
EV/FCF – 26.6x 21.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.0x 15.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.99 1.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOTADMSMG
Revenue growth (1Y) – -0.8% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -6.3% -1.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 7.0% 13.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -9.2% 19.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 76.3% 23.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -26.7% 178.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 62.1% 39.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -24.6% 36.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 60.7% 37.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -21.7% 36.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -49.9% 17.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -17.9% -12.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -59.2% 7.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -22.6% -16.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOTADMSMG
Gross margin – 6.9% 31.8%
EBITDA margin – 3.4% 13.0%
Operating margin – 1.9% 11.0%
Pretax margin – 2.6% 7.2%
Net margin – 2.2% 2.1%
FCF margin – 2.0% 7.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 3.4% 10.6%
Return on equity – 7.7% –
Return on assets – 3.3% 1.9%
Return on invested capital – 4.2% 12.0%
Return on capital employed – 4.5% 17.6%
Asset turnover – 1.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x 5.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOTADMSMG
Debt / assets 52.9% 15.1% 66.7%
Debt / equity 3.9x 0.3x -10.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.5x 4.6x
Debt / FCF – 4.8x 8.0x
Liabilities / assets 86.3% 55.9% 106.6%
Equity / assets 13.7% 44.1% -6.6%
Interest coverage – 2.6x 3.4x
Current ratio 0.6x 1.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.15 2.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOTADMSMG
Dividend yield – 2.6% 4.5%
Net buyback yield – – 0.2%
Shareholder yield – 2.6% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 208.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 58.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOOTADMSMG
Forward P/E – 15.0xFY2026 12.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.21FY2026 $4.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +51.9%FY2026 +22.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +5.0% +7.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $89.91BFY2026 $3.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +12.0%FY2026 -7.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -2.7% +9.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOTADMSMG
Held by institutions – 86.7% 86.5%
Institutions holding – 1,161 465
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.2% +9.2%
Institutions buying – 582 244
Institutions selling – 378 137
Buyers to sellers – 1.54 1.78

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COOTADMSMG
COOT 1.00 0.06 0.02
ADM 0.06 1.00 -0.02
SMG 0.02 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOT, ADM and SMG?

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) $8.04M, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) $37.57B, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) $3.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, COOT, ADM and SMG?

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 21.2x, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 46.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) is cheapest (Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 15.0x, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 12.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) -0.8%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has the highest net margin (Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 2.2%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 2.1%). On return on invested capital, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) leads (Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 4.2%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 12.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) returned the most: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -78.9%, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) +26.3%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) +7.7%. Over five years, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) compounded fastest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -48.8%/yr, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) +3.8%/yr, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) -16.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 0.00%, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 0.00%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 0.04%. Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) and Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has been the steadiest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 91.8%, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) 27.7%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 38.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOT, ADM and SMG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.