Kaiser Aluminum
KALU · Aluminum
$107.28
6.7%Scotts Miracle-Gro
SMG · Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
$59.29
0.2%The short version
- Scotts Miracle-Gro is the larger business, with $3.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.4B for Kaiser Aluminum.
- Kaiser Aluminum grew revenue faster (11.5%, against −3.9%).
- Scotts Miracle-Gro kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (10.5% operating margin, against 5.6% operating margin).
- Scotts Miracle-Gro turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.0% FCF margin, against −0.8% FCF margin).
- Scotts Miracle-Gro earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.4%, against 7.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Scotts Miracle-Gro’s earnings: a P/E of 50.3x against 8.3x for Kaiser Aluminum.
| Latest fiscal year | KALU · FY25 | SMG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.8B | $3.5B |
| Revenue | $3.4B | $3.4B |
| Free cash flow | −$25.5M | $274M |
| Net income | $113M | $145M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 11.5% | −3.9% |
| 5-year growth | 23.5% | −3.8% |
| Share count change | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 10.5% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| FCF margin | −0.8% | 8.0% |
| Return on capital | 7.7% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.3% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.1B | $2.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 4.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $51.3M | $173M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 8.3x | 50.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
KALU $1.3B
SMG $2.5B
FY17
KALU $1.4B
SMG $2.6B
FY18
KALU $1.6B
SMG $2.7B
FY19
KALU $1.5B
SMG $3.2B
FY20
KALU $1.2B
SMG $4.1B
FY21
KALU $2.6B
SMG $4.9B
FY22
KALU $3.4B
SMG $3.9B
FY23
KALU $3.1B
SMG $3.6B
FY24
KALU $3.0B
SMG $3.6B
FY25
KALU $3.4B
SMG $3.4B
KALU
SMG
FY16
KALU 13.6%
SMG 17.9%
FY17
KALU 11.1%
SMG 16.4%
FY18
KALU 9.1%
SMG 7.5%
FY19
KALU 8.3%
SMG 13.0%
FY20
KALU 6.9%
SMG 14.2%
FY21
KALU 2.5%
SMG 14.7%
FY22
KALU 0.1%
SMG −11.1%
FY23
KALU 4.0%
SMG −4.9%
FY24
KALU 3.7%
SMG 5.9%
FY25
KALU 5.6%
SMG 10.5%
KALU
SMG
FY16
KALU $89.5M
SMG $186M
FY17
KALU $66.0M
SMG $294M
FY18
KALU $76.1M
SMG $274M
FY19
KALU $172M
SMG $184M
FY20
KALU $155M
SMG $495M
FY21
KALU $21.4M
SMG $165M
FY22
KALU −$206M
SMG −$243M
FY23
KALU $68.7M
SMG $438M
FY24
KALU −$13.7M
SMG $584M
FY25
KALU −$25.5M
SMG $274M
KALU
SMG
FY16
KALU 11.2%
SMG 15.7%
FY17
KALU 7.1%
SMG 14.1%
FY18
KALU 10.7%
SMG 9.3%
FY19
KALU 9.9%
SMG 13.1%
FY20
KALU 6.8%
SMG 19.5%
FY21
KALU 4.6%
SMG 20.8%
FY22
KALU 0.2%
SMG −11.2%
FY23
KALU 6.1%
SMG −5.1%
FY24
KALU 4.8%
SMG 8.0%
FY25
KALU 7.7%
SMG 13.4%
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