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 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Stanley Black & Decker's Dividend History.

Stanley Black & Decker announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.10. The industrial products company earned $3.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.65 billion. Stanley Black & Decker had a net margin of 4.80% and a return on equity of 17.10%. Stanley Black & Decker's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.08 earnings per share. View Stanley Black & Decker's Earnings History.

Stanley Black & Decker is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Stanley Black & Decker.

Stanley Black & Decker will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Stanley Black & Decker's stock. Their forecasts range from $157.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Stanley Black & Decker's share price to reach $167.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% 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.

News headlines about SWK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Stanley Black & Decker earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 impact on the company's share price in the immediate 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 trading volume of 1,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.15%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.13%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.12%) and Meyer Handelman Co. (0.09%). 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., California Public Employees Retirement System, Ballentine Partners LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Professional Advisory Services Inc. and Pennsylvania Trust 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, United Services Automobile Association, GPM Growth Investors Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, TRH Financial LLC, Diversified Trust Co and Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc.. 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 $162.34.

Stanley Black & Decker has a market capitalization of $24.68 billion and generates $13.98 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $605.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.15 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]