Growth Metrics

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Scotts Miracle-Gro's Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.96% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 3671.0% year-over-year to 0.96%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.96%, up 3671.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.74%, 38.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.96% at Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 1.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.57% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 37.67% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.17% (2022), against an average of 2.04%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital crashed -3822bps in 2024 before it skyrocketed 3671bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.49% in 2021, then plummeted by -343bps to 1.19% in 2022, then surged by 146bps to 0.55% in 2023, then plummeted by -6932bps to 37.67% in 2024, then surged by 97bps to 0.96% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SMG's Return on Invested Capital are 0.96% (Q4 2025), 1.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.88% (Q2 2025).