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accession: "0001546380-25-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMG"
cik: "0000825542"
company_name: "SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T03:06:57.767809+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scotts Miracle-Gro Q2 GAAP EPS $3.72; adjusted EBITDA $402.8M, reaffirms guidance

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP EPS $3.72 vs $2.74 prior year; adjusted EPS $3.98 vs $3.69.
- Total sales $1.42B down 7% YoY; U.S. Consumer sales down 5% to $1.31B.
- GAAP gross margin 38.6% (up 820bps); adjusted gross margin 39.1% (up 380bps).
- Adjusted EBITDA $402.8M vs $396.3M; net leverage improved to 4.41x from 6.95x.
- Reaffirms full-year guidance for U.S. Consumer, but drops Hawthorne revenue guidance due to cannabis uncertainty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001546380-25-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMG
- cik: 0000825542
- company_name: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000154638025000010/0001546380-25-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000154638025000010/smg-20250430.htm

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