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CF vs SMG
Side-by-side comparison of CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF) and Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CF and SMG operate in Agricultural Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- CF is the larger of the two at $18.65B, about 4.5x SMG ($4.13B).
- Over the past year, CF is up 31.1% and SMG is up 6.3% - CF leads by 24.8 points.
- SMG has been more active in the news (13 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for CF).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- CF Industries Holdings Inc.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
- Price
- $121.46+2.39%
- $70.92-3.48%
- Market cap
- $18.65B
- $4.13B
- 1M return
- +15.00%
- +12.56%
- 1Y return
- +31.10%
- +6.33%
- Industry
- Agricultural Chemicals
- Agricultural Chemicals
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2005
- 1992
- News (4w)
- 3
- 13
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and sells hydrogen and nitrogen products for clean energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial applications worldwide. Its principal products include anhydrous ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate products. The company also offers diesel exhaust fluid, urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia products; and compound fertilizer products with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It primarily serves cooperatives, independent fertilizer distributors, traders, wholesalers, and industrial users. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company manufactures, markets, and sells consumer lawn and garden products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Consumer, Hawthorne, and Other. It offers lawn care products, such as lawn fertilizers, grass seed products, spreaders, other durable products, and outdoor cleaners, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products. The company also provides gardening and landscape products, including water-soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes and garden soils, mulch and decorative groundcover products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, and lives goods and seeding solutions. In addition, 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; and insect, rodent, and weed control products for home areas. The company offers its products under the Scotts, Turf Builder, EZ Seed, PatchMaster, Thick'R Lawn, GrubEx, EdgeGuard, Handy Green II, Miracle-Gro, LiquaFeed, Osmocote, Shake ÂN Feed, Hyponex, Earthgro, SuperSoil, Fafard, Nature Scapes, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Performance Organics, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Whitney Farms, EcoScraps, Mother Earth, Botanicare, Hydroponics, Vermicrop, Gavita, Agrolux, Can-Filters, Sun System, Gro Pro, Hurricane, 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 through a direct sales force, and network of brokers and distributors. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
Latest CF
- CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Announces 20% Increase in Quarterly Dividend
- NIRI Chicago Elects 2026-2027 Officers and Directors
- CF Industries upgraded by Scotiabank with a new price target
- CRH elects W. Anthony (Tony) Will to its Board of Directors
- EVP and CFO Scribner Andrew was granted 6,464 shares (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Scribner Andrew
- SEC Form 144 filed by CF Industries Holdings Inc.
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by CF Industries Holdings Inc.
- CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Latest SMG
- Miracle-Gro to Showcase Organic Innovation at Cultivate ’26 Exhibit
- Grow Her Game soccer initiative launched by Scotts, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Columbus Crew, Every Kid Sports and Columbus Recreation and Parks
- Director Johnson Stephen L was granted 105 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.34% to 31,350 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief of Staff Hagedorn Christopher acquired $217 worth of shares (4 units at $52.42), increasing direct ownership by 0.01% to 57,548 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, CFO & CAO Scheiwer Mark J acquired $150 worth of shares (3 units at $52.42), increasing direct ownership by 0.02% to 15,384 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and CEO Baxter Nathan Eric acquired $5,000 worth of shares (95 units at $52.42) and was granted 29,168 shares, increasing direct ownership by 48% to 90,377 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Brand Officer Miaritis Nick was granted 16,043 shares, increasing direct ownership by 257% to 22,274 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sandoval Brian E was granted 420 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 19,615 units (SEC Form 4)
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 4 filed by EVP, CFO & CAO Scheiwer Mark J