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Scotts Miracle-Gro Co

SMG
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Agricultural Chemicals
SEC CIK
0000825542

No open-market purchases or sales by Scotts Miracle-Gro Co insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 468 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $3.43B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
5.16M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−565.3K
−9.9% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
5.24
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
983.5K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 5,027,630 sharesNov 15, 2024: 4,802,240 sharesNov 29, 2024: 4,855,186 sharesDec 13, 2024: 4,438,676 sharesDec 31, 2024: 3,495,096 sharesJan 15, 2025: 3,344,410 sharesJan 31, 2025: 2,653,237 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 3,061,961 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,285,584 sharesMar 14, 2025: 3,981,937 sharesMar 31, 2025: 3,047,496 sharesApr 15, 2025: 3,335,369 sharesApr 30, 2025: 3,507,988 sharesMay 15, 2025: 3,888,531 sharesMay 30, 2025: 4,038,714 sharesJun 13, 2025: 4,386,566 sharesJun 30, 2025: 4,719,351 sharesJul 15, 2025: 4,197,805 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,586,408 sharesAug 15, 2025: 3,823,946 sharesAug 29, 2025: 3,699,375 sharesSep 15, 2025: 3,461,964 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,355,394 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,299,749 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,055,836 sharesNov 14, 2025: 2,968,164 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,130,626 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,186,117 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,578,518 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,658,407 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,179,772 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 3,475,432 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,527,627 sharesMar 13, 2026: 3,902,681 sharesMar 31, 2026: 5,169,502 sharesApr 15, 2026: 4,801,802 sharesApr 30, 2026: 4,844,515 sharesMay 15, 2026: 5,346,748 sharesMay 29, 2026: 5,422,304 sharesJun 15, 2026: 5,757,375 sharesJun 30, 2026: 5,683,187 sharesJul 15, 2026: 5,212,194 sharesJul 31, 2026: 4,894,350 sharesAug 14, 2026: 4,213,029 sharesAug 31, 2026: 4,631,696 sharesSep 15, 2026: 4,733,039 sharesSep 30, 2026: 5,328,486 sharesOct 15, 2026: 5,720,399 sharesOct 30, 2026: 5,155,069 shares
Short interest in SMG by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20265.16M−565.3K−9.9%983.5K5.24
Oct 15, 20265.72M+391.9K+7.4%1.06M5.39
Sep 30, 20265.33M+595.4K+12.6%1.34M3.98
Sep 15, 20264.73M+101.3K+2.2%752.4K6.29
Aug 31, 20264.63M+418.7K+9.9%898.1K5.16
Aug 14, 20264.21M−681.3K−13.9%998.1K4.22
Jul 31, 20264.89M−317.8K−6.1%1.17M4.20
Jul 15, 20265.21M−471.0K−8.3%811.0K6.43
Jun 30, 20265.68M−74.2K−1.3%863.1K6.58
Jun 15, 20265.76M+335.1K+6.2%965.2K5.96
May 29, 20265.42M+75.6K+1.4%893.9K6.07
May 15, 20265.35M+502.2K+10.4%1.08M4.96
Apr 30, 20264.84M+42.7K+0.9%1.00M4.83
Apr 15, 20264.80M−367.7K−7.1%970.4K4.95
Mar 31, 20265.17M+1.27M+32.5%983.3K5.26
Mar 13, 20263.90M+375.1K+10.6%898.9K4.34
Feb 27, 20263.53M+52.2K+1.5%829.3K4.25
Feb 13, 20263.48M+295.7K+9.3%870.4K3.99
Jan 30, 20263.18M−478.6K−13.1%1.08M2.96
Jan 15, 20263.66M+79.9K+2.2%779.4K4.69
Dec 31, 20253.58M+392.4K+12.3%789.8K4.53
Dec 15, 20253.19M+55.5K+1.8%782.3K4.07
Nov 28, 20253.13M+162.5K+5.5%722.9K4.33
Nov 14, 20252.97M−87.7K−2.9%985.0K3.01
Oct 31, 20253.06M−243.9K−7.4%494.7K6.18
Oct 15, 20253.30M−55.6K−1.7%768.9K4.29
Sep 30, 20253.36M−106.6K−3.1%635.7K5.28
Sep 15, 20253.46M−237.4K−6.4%669.9K5.17
Aug 29, 20253.70M−124.6K−3.3%743.2K4.98
Aug 15, 20253.82M+237.5K+6.6%735.7K5.20
Jul 31, 20253.59M−611.4K−14.6%1.01M3.57
Jul 15, 20254.20M−521.5K−11.1%654.4K6.41
Jun 30, 20254.72M+332.8K+7.6%835.2K5.65
Jun 13, 20254.39M+347.9K+8.6%1.29M3.41
May 30, 20254.04M+150.2K+3.9%895.3K4.51
May 15, 20253.89M+380.5K+10.9%1.55M2.50
Apr 30, 20253.51M+172.6K+5.2%1.77M1.98
Apr 15, 20253.34M+287.9K+9.5%1.65M2.02
Mar 31, 20253.05M−934.4K−23.5%1.23M2.49
Mar 14, 20253.98M+696.4K+21.2%1.25M3.18
Feb 28, 20253.29M+223.6K+7.3%945.3K3.48
Feb 14, 20253.06M+408.7K+15.4%752.8K4.07
Jan 31, 20252.65M−691.2K−20.7%853.7K3.11
Jan 15, 20253.34M−150.7K−4.3%512.5K6.53
Dec 31, 20243.50M−943.6K−21.3%727.2K4.81
Dec 13, 20244.44M−416.5K−8.6%692.5K6.41
Nov 29, 20244.86M+52.9K+1.1%756.9K6.41
Nov 15, 20244.80M−225.4K−4.5%1.35M3.55
Oct 31, 20245.03M−225.4K−4.3%422.1K11.91

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in SMG by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 8, 202630,118$49.40$1.49M
Sep 30, 202639,568$49.50$1.96M
Sep 29, 202627,713$48.44$1.34M
Sep 28, 2026744$50.89$37.9K
Sep 25, 20265,744$51.13$293.7K
Sep 24, 20261,039$52.83$54.9K
Sep 23, 202611,380$52.68$599.5K
Sep 22, 2026374$51.42$19.2K
Sep 21, 202637,300$52.36$1.95M
Sep 15, 2026843$55.91$47.1K
Sep 2, 202625,198$59.10$1.49M
Jul 21, 20261,816$69.30$125.8K
Jul 20, 20261,552$70.98$110.2K
Jul 2, 202628,884$68.57$1.98M
Jul 1, 202663$68.11$4.29K
Jun 30, 202640$67.69$2.71K
Jun 23, 2026473$62.71$29.7K
Jun 22, 20261,324$64.69$85.6K
Jun 16, 2026604$63.17$38.2K
Jun 8, 202671$57.67$4.09K
May 28, 20262,010$61.13$122.9K
May 13, 202659,467$59.57$3.54M
May 12, 202660,001$60.03$3.60M
May 11, 20263,765$61.08$230.0K
May 8, 2026934$62.34$58.2K
May 7, 20261,024$62.85$64.4K
Apr 30, 2026408$62.42$25.5K
Apr 29, 2026203$65.38$13.3K
Apr 28, 202695$67.78$6.44K
Apr 14, 20262,013$61.91$124.6K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in SMG by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 11, 2026212,65912356,65759.6%
Nov 10, 2026237,4293320,24174.1%
Nov 9, 2026259,767472464,63355.9%
Nov 6, 2026208,4280362,50657.5%
Nov 5, 2026268,3322,821736,33636.4%
Nov 4, 2026320,0623,2661,154,54227.7%
Nov 3, 2026331,8233731,41145.4%
Nov 2, 2026368,61910653,14656.4%
Oct 30, 2026298,4612,105649,01246.0%
Oct 29, 2026298,8672,119531,93956.2%
Oct 28, 2026269,346200325,50382.7%
Oct 27, 2026209,7050341,10261.5%
Oct 26, 2026236,6080380,58562.2%
Oct 23, 2026226,9440287,08979.1%
Oct 22, 2026334,46999463,99772.1%
Oct 21, 2026295,7120399,72374.0%
Oct 20, 2026231,8590343,95667.4%
Oct 19, 2026262,4170333,96178.6%
Oct 16, 2026419,1290556,22475.4%
Oct 15, 2026430,8370656,29165.6%
Oct 14, 2026312,9444,070380,05482.3%
Oct 13, 2026288,46726346,88383.2%
Oct 12, 2026258,036202327,33778.8%
Oct 9, 2026341,137727410,32383.1%
Oct 8, 2026272,35797387,96270.2%
Oct 7, 2026238,94716423,24156.5%
Oct 6, 2026291,6440441,95166.0%
Oct 5, 2026318,315508401,16779.3%
Oct 2, 2026281,41728422,53666.6%
Oct 1, 2026340,0320430,99878.9%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in SMG
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T11,472,66537,212470,37211,16475.8%
Oct 12, 2026T11,797,65739,097677,05111,50672.6%
Oct 5, 2026T11,735,46541,431466,48710,07278.8%
Sep 28, 2026T12,701,17944,666781,19013,46677.6%
Sep 21, 2026T11,959,90838,183979,43512,72866.7%
Sep 14, 2026T11,383,85931,689588,11010,93070.2%
Sep 7, 2026T1866,56527,708648,2737,17357.2%
Aug 31, 2026T11,020,88736,847602,0218,67062.9%
Aug 24, 2026T11,181,44733,013443,0958,27472.7%
Aug 17, 2026T11,362,10238,810899,52211,56660.2%
Aug 10, 2026T11,114,97435,317568,5619,41866.2%
Aug 3, 2026T11,996,63046,334611,06710,04376.6%