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Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

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$57.08 +0.27 (+0.47%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SWK vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, NDSN, RBC, and ITT

Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Stanley Black & Decker vs.

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Ingersoll Rand received 179 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
737
61.67%
Underperform Votes
458
38.33%
Stanley Black & DeckerOutperform Votes
558
58.80%
Underperform Votes
391
41.20%

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 1.92%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand11.59% 12.78% 7.45%
Stanley Black & Decker 1.92%7.50%2.91%

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 169.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stanley Black & Decker has increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 4 more articles in the media than Stanley Black & Decker. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 18 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.92 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Stanley Black & Decker
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ingersoll Rand has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingersoll Rand$7.24B4.01$838.60M$2.0634.98
Stanley Black & Decker$15.37B0.57$294.30M$1.9429.42

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 39.29%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus price target of $102.20, suggesting a potential upside of 79.05%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Stanley Black & Decker
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Stanley Black & Decker on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SWK vs. The Competition

MetricStanley Black & DeckerCutlery, handtools, & general hardware IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.82B$2.78B$6.61B$18.43B
Dividend Yield5.56%3.09%3.60%4.20%
P/E Ratio29.4239.7920.2731.09
Price / Sales0.571.1575.3126.56
Price / Cash11.1011.3726.9917.54
Price / Book1.011.633.564.30
Net Income$294.30M$135.99M$800.18M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.27%0.57%1.80%1.42%
1 Month Performance-29.81%-9.51%-4.00%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-36.10%-14.69%10.57%2.27%

Stanley Black & Decker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.5835 of 5 stars
$57.08
+0.5%
$102.20
+79.1%
-36.1%$8.82B$15.37B29.4254,200Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4376 of 5 stars
$73.66
+0.9%
$102.82
+39.6%
-19.0%$29.69B$7.24B35.7617,000
XYL
Xylem
4.4595 of 5 stars
$110.15
+1.0%
$149.89
+36.1%
-13.1%$26.80B$8.56B30.1017,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.9618 of 5 stars
$164.59
+1.5%
$209.92
+27.5%
-4.7%$22.56B$7.75B8.4625,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SNA
Snap-on
4.1634 of 5 stars
$336.54
+0.1%
$355.33
+5.6%
+16.6%$17.64B$4.71B17.2612,900Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
PNR
Pentair
4.8206 of 5 stars
$82.70
+0.6%
$112.27
+35.8%
+2.3%$13.64B$4.08B22.1111,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
GGG
Graco
3.8429 of 5 stars
$79.98
+0.7%
$93.00
+16.3%
-10.8%$13.45B$2.11B28.364,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.6937 of 5 stars
$169.86
+0.8%
$232.57
+36.9%
-27.6%$12.83B$3.27B25.548,870Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.6238 of 5 stars
$185.83
+0.1%
$250.20
+34.6%
-30.2%$10.58B$2.67B23.647,330Short Interest ↓
Positive News
RBC
RBC Bearings
3.1897 of 5 stars
$334.74
+0.6%
$361.20
+7.9%
+32.4%$10.51B$1.61B45.983,550Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ITT
ITT
3.9803 of 5 stars
$128.12
+2.0%
$163.00
+27.2%
+2.2%$10.37B$3.63B20.3410,300

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