Scotts Miracle-Gro Company vs CVR Partners LP

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) is overvalued and CVR Partners LP (UAN) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, UAN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +66%, against -82% for SMG.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $28.88; the price of $52.68 is 82% above that value, and 73% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

CVR Partners LP (UAN)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $380.69; the price of $128.85 is 66% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 85/100 on 8 of 12 signals

MetricSMGUAN
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$52.68$128.85
Intrinsic value$28.88$380.69
Margin of safety-82%+66%
Leak Score0/100 (2/12)85/100 (8/12)
Market cap$3.1B$1.4B
Revenue growth, 5 years-3.8%11.6%
Operating margin15.0%28.5%
Net margin2.2%23.7%
Return on equity48.3%
Debt to equity1.67
P/E46.1x8.5x
Forward P/E10.9x
P/B3.9x
Dividend yield5.1%11.2%

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