Growth Metrics

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Scotts Miracle-Gro's Debt Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.83 for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 1.84% to 0.83 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.83, a 1.84% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.77, down 0.93% from a year prior.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.83 in Q4 2025 for Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for SMG hit a ceiling of 0.85 in Q4 2024 and a floor of 0.47 in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.69 across 5 years, with a median of 0.71 in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: fell 9.26% in 2021 and later surged 47.24% in 2022.
  • Tracing SMG's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.48 in 2021, then surged by 57.17% to 0.75 in 2022, then grew by 8.3% to 0.81 in 2023, then grew by 4.35% to 0.85 in 2024, then fell by 1.84% to 0.83 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Debt Ratio for SMG at 0.83 in Q4 2025, 0.77 in Q3 2025, and 0.71 in Q2 2025.