Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) & Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) Head-To-Head Analysis

Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Sino Agro Food shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Scotts Miracle-Gro and Sino Agro Food”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scotts Miracle-Gro	$3.41 billion	1.12	$145.20 million	$1.47	45.00
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Scotts Miracle-Gro has higher revenue and earnings than Sino Agro Food.

Profitability

This table compares Scotts Miracle-Gro and Sino Agro Food’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scotts Miracle-Gro	2.68%	-68.59%	7.29%
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Scotts Miracle-Gro and Sino Agro Food, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scotts Miracle-Gro	0	4	4	0	2.50
Sino Agro Food	0	0	0	0	0.00

Scotts Miracle-Gro currently has a consensus price target of $73.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.60%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Sino Agro Food.

Summary

Scotts Miracle-Gro beats Sino Agro Food on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scotts Miracle-Gro

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells products for lawn, garden care, and indoor and hydroponic gardening in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: U.S. Consumer, Hawthorne, and Other. The company provides lawn care products, comprising lawn fertilizers, grass seed products, spreaders, and other durable products, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; and gardening and landscape products, which include water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes, garden soils, mulches and ground cover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and live goods and seeding solutions. It offers hydroponic products that help users to grow plants, flowers, and vegetables using little or no soil; lighting systems and components for use in hydroponic and indoor gardening applications; insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas; and non-selective weed killer products. The company sells its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Handy Green II, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Shake N Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, EcoScraps, Mother Earth, Botanicare, General Hydroponics, Cyco, Gavita, Agrolux, HydroLogic Purification System, Gro Pro, AeroGarden, Titan, Tomcat, Ortho Weed B Gon, Roundup, Groundclear, and Alchemist brands. It serves home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, e-commerce platforms, and food and drug stores, as well as indoor gardening and hydroponic distributors, retailers, and growers. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.

About Sino Agro Food

Sino Agro Food, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the agriculture and aquaculture business. It operates through the following segments: Fishery Development; Hylocereus Undatus Plantation; Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass; Cattle Farm Development; and Corporate and Others. Its products include fish, eels, prawns, beef, and mutton. The company was founded by Yip Kun Lee on October 1, 1974 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.