The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) Analyst/Investor Day Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.64K Followers Follow The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company ( SMG ) Analyst/Investor Day August 4, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Company Participants Brad Chelton - Vice President of Treasury, Tax & Investor Relations Nate Baxter - CEO, President & Director John Sass - Senior VP, GM & Chief Creative Officer Nick Miaritis - Executive VP & Chief Brand Officer Josh Meihls - Senior VP & Chief Growth Officer Paula Powell Sadie Oldham David Huskisson Mark Scheiwer - Executive VP, CFO & Chief Accounting Officer Conference Call Participants Peter Grom - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Jonathan Matuszewski - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Joseph Altobello - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Christopher Carey - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division David Shakno - William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research Division W. Andrew Carter - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Thomas Mahoney - Cleveland Research Company LLC Presentation Brad Chelton Vice President of Treasury, Tax & Investor Relations I'm Brad Shelton, Head of Investor Relations. We're pleased to have many of our investors and analysts joining us today, both in person here in New York City or on our live webcast. We're excited about the progress we've made over the past few years, and we're excited to talk to you today about where we're headed. We have a comprehensive agenda for you today. Our presentation will run approximately 2.5 hours, followed by a dedicated Q&A session. You'll hear from a number of our senior leaders today, including our executive team as well as functional leaders across marketing, sales, R&D and supply chain. Nate will kick us off with an overview of our SMG 2.0 strategy, followed by deeper dives into our category, our consumer, channel diversification, innovation and operational efficiency. We'll then take a short break, and Mark will wrap us up with our financial outlook. For our virtual audience, a replay of this webcast and all presentation slides will be published on our website at