secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK:        0000825542
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000825542-25-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SMG FY2025 adj EPS $3.74, gross margin up 490 bps; guides FY2026 adj EPS $4.15-$4.35
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- FY2025 adj EPS $3.74 vs $2.29 prior year; GAAP EPS $2.47 vs ($0.61) prior year.
- Adjusted gross margin 31.2%, up 490 bps; GAAP gross margin 30.6%, up 670 bps.
- Free cash flow $274M exceeded expectations; net leverage improved to 4.10x from 4.86x.
- FY2026 guidance: adj EPS $4.15-$4.35, adj gross margin at least 32%, free cash flow $275M.
- U.S. Consumer net sales $2.99B in line; POS units +8.5%, dollars +1.4%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000082554225000011/0000825542-25-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000082554225000011/smg-20251105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000825542-25-000011

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