Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for SWK Earnings

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Stanley Black & Decker in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.67 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.93. The consensus estimate for Stanley Black & Decker’s current full-year earnings is $5.16 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Stanley Black & Decker’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.53 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.55 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Citigroup dropped their price target on Stanley Black & Decker from $135.00 to $118.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Stanley Black & Decker from $95.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group lowered their target price on Stanley Black & Decker from $121.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Mizuho raised Stanley Black & Decker from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Stanley Black & Decker from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $103.00.

Stanley Black & Decker Stock Down 3.1 %

SWK stock opened at $81.46 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $12.58 billion, a PE ratio of 41.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.24. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $84.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.32. Stanley Black & Decker has a 52 week low of $77.70 and a 52 week high of $110.88. The company has a quick ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.21. Stanley Black & Decker had a return on equity of 7.50% and a net margin of 1.92%.

Institutional Trading of Stanley Black & Decker

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SWK. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 126.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 5,485,421 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $440,424,000 after purchasing an additional 3,063,114 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker during the fourth quarter worth about $117,231,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 22.6% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,139,196 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $332,336,000 after purchasing an additional 763,219 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 44.2% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,215,765 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $177,905,000 after purchasing an additional 679,359 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clean Energy Transition LLP boosted its holdings in Stanley Black & Decker by 49.0% in the third quarter. Clean Energy Transition LLP now owns 1,984,184 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $218,518,000 after acquiring an additional 652,780 shares during the last quarter. 87.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Stanley Black & Decker Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.82 per share. This represents a $3.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 4th. Stanley Black & Decker’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 169.07%.

Stanley Black & Decker Company Profile

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc engages in the provision of power and hand tools, and related accessories, products, services and equipment for oil and gas, infrastructure applications, commercial electronic security and monitoring systems, healthcare solutions, and mechanical access solutions. It operates through the Tools and Storage segment, and Industrial segment.