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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) receives a Hold rating from Truist

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s recent filing unveils that its Former officer DeMuesy Julie acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.38 million on Nov 25 ’24. In the deal valued at $81.83 per share,4,592 shares were bought.

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Then, Baxter Nathan Eric sold 2,988 shares, generating $211,931 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $70.93, the EVP and COO now owns 37,920 shares.

Before that, Baxter Nathan Eric sold 928 shares. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares valued at $65,490 were divested by the EVP and COO at a price of $70.57 per share. As a result of the transaction, Baxter Nathan Eric now holds 36,993 shares, worth roughly $2.88 million.

Truist downgraded its Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [SMG] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published on April 05, 2024; the price target was increased to $75 from $65. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late March from “a Strong buy” to “a Mkt perform”. Stifel also remained covering SMG and has decreased its forecast on July 13, 2023 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Truist revised its rating on July 11, 2023. It rated SMG as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.

Price Performance Review of SMG

On Tuesday, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company [NYSE:SMG] saw its stock fall -4.81% to $77.80. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.21%. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company shares have risen nearly 22.04% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 38.88% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $93.90 was reached on 11/05/24, a 52-week low of $53.43 was recorded on 02/06/24. SMA at 50 days reached $82.49, while 200 days put it at $71.49.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For SMG Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 76.81, which if violated will result in even more drops to 75.83. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 79.39. A further resistance level may holdings at 80.99. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 46.84, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 3.86, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 45.60%. Stochastics %K at 53.45% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Scotts Miracle-Gro Company?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Scotts Miracle-Gro Company stocks on 2024-11-15, dropping by -0.45 million shares to a total of 4.8 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-10-15 was 5.25 million shares. There was a decline of -9.39%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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