NYSE:SWK - Stanley Black & Decker Stock Price, Forecast & News

Stanley Black & Decker trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SWK."

Stanley Black & Decker declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.69 per share on Tuesday, December 17th. This represents a $2.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Stanley Black & Decker's Dividend History.

Stanley Black & Decker declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.16 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.79 billion. Stanley Black & Decker had a net margin of 6.62% and a return on equity of 16.15%. Stanley Black & Decker's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.11 EPS. View Stanley Black & Decker's Earnings History.

Stanley Black & Decker is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Stanley Black & Decker.

Stanley Black & Decker issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.80-9.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $9.01.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Stanley Black & Decker's shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Stanley Black & Decker's stock price to reach $170.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Stanley Black & Decker.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stanley Black & Decker in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Stanley Black & Decker.

Media stories about SWK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Stanley Black & Decker earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Stanley Black & Decker.

Stanley Black & Decker saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,130,000 shares, an increase of 13.8% from the December 31st total of 3,630,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Stanley Black & Decker's Current Options Chain.

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Stanley Black & Decker's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.92%), State Street Corp (4.74%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (2.03%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.49%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.28%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%). Company insiders that own Stanley Black & Decker stock include (Phil) Lockyer Phillip, Donald Allan, Jaime A Ramirez, James M Loree, Jeffrey D Ansell, Jocelyn Belisle, John H Wyatt, Joseph R Voelker, Michael David Hankin, Nixon John and Robert H Raff Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Stanley Black & Decker.

SWK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, First Trust Advisors LP, Calamos Advisors LLC, FMR LLC, Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold Stanley Black & Decker company stock in the last year include Donald Allan, Jaime A Ramirez, James M Loree, Jeffrey D Ansell, Jocelyn Belisle, John H Wyatt, Joseph R Voelker and Robert H Raff Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stanley Black & Decker.

SWK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Stifel Financial Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Samlyn Capital LLC, Eaton Vance Management and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have bought Stanley Black & Decker stock in the last two years include (Phil) Lockyer Phillip, Michael David Hankin and Nixon John. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stanley Black & Decker.

Shares of SWK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SWK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $166.97.

Stanley Black & Decker has a market capitalization of $25.38 billion and generates $14.44 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $955.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.40 on an earnings per share basis. Stanley Black & Decker employs 60,767 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Stanley Black & Decker.

The official website for Stanley Black & Decker is http://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/.

Stanley Black & Decker's mailing address is 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT, 06053. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 860-225-5111 or via email at [email protected]