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James Hagedorn sold $10M of SMG

Chairman & CEO at SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO. 142,733 shares at an average of $71.56, traded Jan 30, 2025, filed Feb 3, 2025.

Warning score
63
Value
$10M
142,733 shares
Holdings after
88,310
-62% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $10.2M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 62% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

SMGOct 9, 2026 · close 49.86
Since filing Feb 3, 2025: -22.3%SPY +32.8% · excess -55.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001443984-25-000023, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 30, 2025MOption exercise
Common Shares
+142,733$59.62$8.5M231,043Feb 3, 2025
Jan 30, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Shares
-20,644$70.74$1.5M210,399Feb 3, 2025
Jan 30, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Shares
-118,452$71.68$8.5M91,947Feb 3, 2025
Jan 30, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Shares
-3,637$72.14$262k88,310Feb 3, 2025
Jan 30, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (right to buy)derivative
-142,733$0.00$00Feb 3, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
40Moderate
SMGsell
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Hagedorn Partnership, L.P.
director, owner
$1.3M
25,000 shares
-0%
58Moderate
SMGsell 2
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
James Hagedorn
Chairman, CEO and President
$4.2M
62,877 shares
-0%
55Moderate
SMGsell 2
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
James Hagedorn
Chairman, CEO and President
$811k
12,123 shares
-0%
21Weak
SMGsell 2
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Christopher Hagedorn
EVP & Chief of Staff
$255k
3,568 shares
-6%
52Moderate
SMGsell 4
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Robert Hagedorn
owner
$8.1M
108,550 shares
-1%
52Moderate
SMGsell 4
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Hagedorn Partnership, L.P.
owner
$8.1M
108,550 shares
-1%
63Notable
SMGsell 4
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Nathan Eric Baxter
EVP and COO
$856k
11,359 shares
-18%
70Notable
SMGsell 4
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
James Hagedorn
CEO and Chairman
$1.4M
18,368 shares
-17%
52Moderate
SMGsell 4
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
Hagedorn Partnership, L.P.
owner
$2.2M
28,500 shares
-0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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