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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.66%. 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 has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 0.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.10. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.65 billion. Stanley Black & Decker had a net margin of 4.80% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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.

15 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Stanley Black & Decker's stock. Their forecasts range from $157.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Stanley Black & Decker's stock price to reach $167.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% 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 stories about SWK stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 trading volume, of 1,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Stanley Black & Decker's Current Options Chain.

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Stanley Black & Decker's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Ballentine Partners LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, New York State Teachers Retirement System and Everence Capital Management Inc.. 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 purchased 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 $166.35.

Stanley Black & Decker has a market capitalization of $25.29 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]