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. 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 1.60%. 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 initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.13 earnings per share (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 analysts' expectations of $3.65 billion. Stanley Black & Decker had a net margin of 4.80% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The business's revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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.

Stanley Black & Decker updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.35-8.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.56.

17 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Stanley Black & Decker's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Stanley Black & Decker's share price to reach $166.73 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Stanley Black & Decker.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stanley Black & Decker in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Stanley Black & Decker.

Media headlines about SWK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, 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 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Stanley Black & Decker.

Stanley Black & Decker saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,130,000 shares, an increase of 13.8% from the December 15th total of 3,630,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.13%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.12%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.08%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Northstar Asset Management LLC and Honkamp Krueger Financial Services 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., United Services Automobile Association, GPM Growth Investors Inc., Diversified Trust Co, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Legacy Private Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 $172.53.

Stanley Black & Decker has a market capitalization of $26.23 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]