Growth Metrics

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Scotts Miracle-Gro's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 6.15% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 634.0% to 6.15% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 11.57%, a 558.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 10.51%, up 463.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 6.15% in Q4 2025 for Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 38.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for SMG hit a ceiling of 24.26% in Q1 2025 and a floor of 111.11% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 8.44% across 5 years, with a median of 5.04% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: plummeted -6619bps in 2022 and later surged 5900bps in 2024.
  • Tracing SMG's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 5.04% in 2021, then plummeted by -57bps to 7.94% in 2022, then crashed by -45bps to 11.53% in 2023, then decreased by -8bps to 12.49% in 2024, then surged by 51bps to 6.15% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for SMG at 6.15% in Q4 2025, 38.76% in Q3 2025, and 18.1% in Q2 2025.