Compare Stocks: ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EMR Emerson Electric	$152.07 +2.5%	$150.39	$122.64 ▼ $166.35	$85.24B	1.24	1.98 million shs	1.90 million shs
FAST Fastenal	$49.32 +0.6%	$48.82	$38.97 ▼ $52.92	$56.59B	0.72	5.63 million shs	6.37 million shs
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$268.08 +1.1%	$280.06	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$76.37B	0.98	1.00 million shs	1.02 million shs
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$89.11 -0.1%	$95.16	$61.90 ▼ $104.68	$13.48B	1.17	1.49 million shs	1.86 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EMR Emerson Electric	0.00%	-0.53%	-7.42%	+6.29%	+13.83%
FAST Fastenal	0.00%	-0.56%	-3.93%	+5.91%	+2.81%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.00%	-0.71%	-7.89%	+4.22%	+2.09%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	0.00%	-8.37%	-12.81%	+6.63%	+15.82%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EMR Emerson Electric	$152.07 +2.5%	$150.39	$122.64 ▼ $166.35	$85.24B	1.24	1.98 million shs	1.90 million shs
FAST Fastenal	$49.32 +0.6%	$48.82	$38.97 ▼ $52.92	$56.59B	0.72	5.63 million shs	6.37 million shs
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$268.08 +1.1%	$280.06	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$76.37B	0.98	1.00 million shs	1.02 million shs
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$89.11 -0.1%	$95.16	$61.90 ▼ $104.68	$13.48B	1.17	1.49 million shs	1.86 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EMR Emerson Electric	0.00%	-0.53%	-7.42%	+6.29%	+13.83%
FAST Fastenal	0.00%	-0.56%	-3.93%	+5.91%	+2.81%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.00%	-0.71%	-7.89%	+4.22%	+2.09%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	0.00%	-8.37%	-12.81%	+6.63%	+15.82%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EMR Emerson Electric	2.50	Moderate Buy	$167.83	10.36% Upside
FAST Fastenal	2.31	Hold	$49.17	-0.31% Downside
ITW Illinois Tool Works	1.77	Reduce	$281.25	4.91% Upside
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	2.20	Hold	$92.88	4.23% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/11/2026	FAST Fastenal	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/11/2026	SWK Stanley Black & Decker	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$90.00 ➝ $95.00
9/4/2026	FAST Fastenal	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/31/2026	EMR Emerson Electric	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$190.00 ➝ $185.00
8/28/2026	EMR Emerson Electric	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$125.00 ➝ $135.00
8/26/2026	FAST Fastenal	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/24/2026	EMR Emerson Electric	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$145.00 ➝ $155.00
8/14/2026	EMR Emerson Electric	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$169.00 ➝ $186.00
8/11/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/10/2026	SWK Stanley Black & Decker	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$96.00
8/7/2026	FAST Fastenal	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$54.00

(Data available from 9/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EMR Emerson Electric	$18.02B	4.73	$8.74 per share	17.40	$36.07 per share	4.22
FAST Fastenal	$8.20B	6.90	$1.25 per share	39.39	$3.43 per share	14.38
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$16.04B	4.76	$11.94 per share	22.46	$11.12 per share	24.11
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$15.13B	0.89	$7.88 per share	11.31	$58.46 per share	1.52

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EMR Emerson Electric	$2.29B	$4.57	33.28	21.12	2.28	13.83%	17.58%	8.50%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
FAST Fastenal	$1.26B	$1.18	41.80	35.48	3.08	15.45%	34.03%	26.16%	10/14/2026 (Estimated)
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$3.07B	$11.03	24.30	21.55	3.64	19.39%	101.72%	19.64%	10/23/2026 (Estimated)
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$401.90M	$4.10	21.73	14.28	1.37	4.07%	8.78%	3.73%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2026	Q3 2026	EMR Emerson Electric	$1.68	$1.71	+$0.03	$1.28	$4.80 billion	$4.87 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$1.21	$1.57	+$0.36	$2.33	$3.97 billion	$3.96 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.80	$2.84	+$0.04	$2.84	$4.19 billion	$4.30 billion
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	FAST Fastenal	$0.3286	$0.33	+$0.0014	$0.33	$2.34 billion	$2.39 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EMR Emerson Electric	$2.22	1.46%	+1.08%	48.58%	68 Years
FAST Fastenal	$1.04	2.11%	+4.68%	88.14%	26 Years
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$6.44	2.40%	+7.07%	58.39%	55 Years
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	$3.36	3.77%	+3.49%	81.95%	58 Years

Latest ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/7/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	quarterly	$1.72	2.32%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/9/2026
7/23/2026	SWK Stanley Black & Decker	quarterly	$0.84	3.58%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/22/2026
8/4/2026	EMR Emerson Electric	quarterly	$0.5550	1.36%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/10/2026
7/10/2026	FAST Fastenal	quarterly	$0.26	2.16%	7/28/2026	7/28/2026	8/25/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EMR Emerson Electric	0.37	0.90	0.66
FAST Fastenal	0.01	4.18	2.21
ITW Illinois Tool Works	2.26	1.11	0.81
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	0.53	1.43	0.55

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EMR Emerson Electric	74.30%
FAST Fastenal	81.38%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	79.77%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	87.77%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EMR Emerson Electric	0.23%
FAST Fastenal	0.28%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.83%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	0.71%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EMR Emerson Electric	71,000	560.10 million	558.81 million	Optionable
FAST Fastenal	24,489	1.15 billion	1.14 billion	Optionable
ITW Illinois Tool Works	43,000	284.80 million	282.44 million	Optionable
SWK Stanley Black & Decker	43,500	151.02 million	149.95 million	Optionable

ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Reduces Holdings in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 13 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Buys 16,786,815 Shares of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 12 at 3:29 AM | marketbeat.com

Q4 EPS Estimate for Stanley Black & Decker Raised by Analyst

September 12 at 1:28 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Amundi Has $36.29 Million Position in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 11 at 3:11 AM | marketbeat.com

What is Zacks Research's Forecast for SWK FY2026 Earnings?

September 11 at 1:12 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of SWK Q4 Earnings

September 10 at 7:41 AM | marketbeat.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Buys Shares of 47,050 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 10 at 5:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook for SWK FY2026 Earnings

September 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Allianz Asset Management GmbH Makes New Investment in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stanley Black & Decker to Present at the Morgan Stanley 14th Annual Laguna Conference

September 8, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Wall Street Zen

September 6, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) Raised to Strong-Buy at Wall Street Zen

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Sells 89,279 Shares of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

September 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stanley Black & Decker to Sell Excel Industries to Bad Boy Mowers

September 4, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Stanley Black & Decker to divest Excel Industries

September 4, 2026 | tipranks.com

Stanley Black & Decker Announces Agreement to Sell Excel Industries to Bad Boy Mowers

September 4, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Here's Why Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) is a Strong Value Stock

September 4, 2026 | zacks.com

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September 3, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Nykredit A S Makes New $166.38 Million Investment in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. $SWK

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ITW, EMR, FAST, and SWK Company Descriptions

Emerson Electric NYSE:EMR

$152.07 +3.70 (+2.49%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$152.07 +0.01 (+0.00%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:33 PM Eastern

Emerson Electric Co., a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity. The Final Control segment provides control, isolation, shutoff, pressure relief, and pressure safety valves, actuators, and regulators for process and hybrid industries. The Measurement & Analytical segment offers intelligent instrumentation measuring the physical properties of liquids or gases, such as pressure, temperature, level, flow, acoustics, corrosion, pH, conductivity, water quality, toxic gases, and flame. The Discrete Automation segment offers solenoid and pneumatic valves, valve position indicators, pneumatic cylinders, air preparation equipment, pressure and temperature switches, electric linear motion solutions, programmable automation control systems, electrical distribution equipment, and materials joining solutions. The Safety & Productivity segment offers tools for professionals and homeowners; pipe-working tools, including pipe wrenches, pipe cutters, pipe threading and roll grooving equipment, battery hydraulic tools; electrical tools; and other professional tools. The Control Systems & Software segment provides distributed control systems, safety instrumented systems, SCADA systems, application software, digital twins, asset performance management, and cybersecurity. The Test & Measurement provides software-connected automated test and measurement systems. The AspenTech segment provides asset optimization software that enables industrial manufacturers to design, operate, and maintain operations for enhancing performance through a combination of decades of modeling, simulation, and optimization capabilities. The company was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Fastenal NASDAQ:FAST

$49.32 +0.31 (+0.63%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.32 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, North America, and internationally. It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines. It also offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories. The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations customers; non-residential construction market; farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities. Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.

Illinois Tool Works NYSE:ITW

$268.08 +2.88 (+1.09%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$267.53 -0.55 (-0.21%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products. The Automotive OEM segment offers plastic and metal components, fasteners, and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks, and other industrial uses. The Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, refrigeration, cooking, and food processing equipment; kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems; and food equipment maintenance and repair services. The Test & Measurement and Electronics segment produces and sells equipment, consumables, and related software for testing and measuring of materials and structures, as well as equipment and consumables used in the production of electronic subassemblies and microelectronics. The Welding segment produces arc welding equipment; and metal arc welding consumables and related accessories. The Polymers & Fluids segment produces adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The Construction Products segment offers engineered fastening systems and solutions for the residential construction, renovation/remodel, and commercial construction markets. The Specialty Products segment provides beverage packaging equipment and consumables, product coding and marking equipment and consumables, and appliance components and fasteners. It serves the automotive OEM and tiers, MRO, commercial food equipment, construction, general industrial, industrial capital goods, consumer durables, automotive aftermarket end, and other markets. The company distributes its products directly to industrial manufacturers, as well as through independent distributors. Illinois Tool Works Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

Stanley Black & Decker NYSE:SWK

$89.10 -0.13 (-0.14%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$89.40 +0.30 (+0.33%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:37 PM Eastern

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 Outdoor and Industrial segments. The Tools and Outdoor segment refers to power tools, hand tools, accessories and storage, and outdoor power equipment product lines. The Industrial segment includes the engineered fastening and infrastructure businesses. The company was founded by Frederick T. Stanley in 1843 and is headquartered in New Britain, CT.

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