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Profile - Scotts Company (NYSE:SMG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 26Conference call: Scotts Earnings (Q3 2001)
Location
41 South High Street, Suite 3500
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 719-5500
Fax: (614) 719-5754
Employees (last reported count): 2,975
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 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 52%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 5 insider sells; 30.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 63% (131% of float)
(285 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.00M shares (+9.92%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Scotts Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of lawn care and garden products. The Company's major customers include mass merchandisers, home improvement centers, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, lawn and landscape service companies, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty crop growers. The Company's products are sold in the United States, Canada, the European Union, the Caribbean, South America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, and several Latin American Countries.
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Financial Summary
SMG supplies consumer products for lawn and garden care, with a full range of products such as fertilizers, lawn food products, plant foods, soil and garden tools. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 3% to $1.50 billion. Net income applicable to Common fell less than 1% to $78.9 million. Results reflect the introduction of a new line of grass seed products, offset by lower gross margins and higher restructuring charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Charles Berger, 64
Chairman
$1.1M
James Hagedorn, 45
Pres, CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Director
798K
Patrick Norton, 49
Exec. VP, CFO, Director
--  
G. Robert Lucas, 57
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec.
578K
Michael Kelty, Ph.D., 50
Group Exec. VP- Technology and Operations
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SMGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 25-Oct-2000
$28.25 
Recent Price$40.13 
52-Week High
on 17-May-2001
$47.20 
Beta0.97 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)92.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)50.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+27.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+70.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.16B
Shares Outstanding28.8M
Float13.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$19.81 
Earnings (ttm)$1.96 
Earnings (mrq)$1.49 
Sales (ttm)$59.99 
Cash (mrq)$2.56 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.03 
Price/Earnings (ttm)20.46 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.67 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.75B
EBITDA (ttm)$229.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$65.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)11.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.05%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.61 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.58 
Total Cash (mrq)$73.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short928.0K
Percent of Float6.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
977.0K
Short Ratio10.31 
Daily Volume90.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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