Stocks · Industrials · Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK
$91.34 +1.95% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $13.79B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +22.6%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 93 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.08, up 29.5% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth47Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 19%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Interest coverBottom 48%
Value83Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Momentum79Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 29%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions55Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 8%
Stability47Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.1% | 0.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 1.2% | 29.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 31.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 8.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.7% | 8.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | -0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 29.5% | 1.2% | ↑ | Top 29% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 29.4% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 7.7% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 2.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.7% | — | Bottom 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.50×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.95×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.64%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.90%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.55%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +22.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $92.00
- Target vs current price
- +0.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +29.8% | -1.2% | +8.7% | +4.5% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +35.4% | -3.1% | -1.1% | +1.4% | +16.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +11.0% | +4.5% | +13.3% | -1.5% | -3.5% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +14.4% | +0.4% | +2.4% | +7.4% | +18.5% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +134.6% | -7.2% | -8.1% | +3.4% | -4.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +14.5% | -2.0% | -3.7% | +8.0% | +20.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +17.3% | -1.2% | +0.7% | -3.5% | -32.0% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +9.9% | -8.8% | -8.3% | -10.1% | -12.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.57 | $1.21 | +29.8% | $3.96B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.80 | $0.59 | +35.4% | $3.85B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.41 | $1.27 | +11.0% | $3.68B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $1.43 | $1.25 | +14.4% | $3.76B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $1.08 | $0.46 | +134.6% | $3.95B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.66 | +14.5% | $3.74B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.49 | $1.27 | +17.3% | $3.72B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.22 | $1.11 | +9.9% | $3.75B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.4× | 19.9× | 63th | Top 23% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.7× | — | — | Top 31% |
| EV / Sales | 1.18× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.35% | — | — | Top 12% |
| Earnings yield | 4.47% | — | — | Top 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.3× – 44.9× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +24.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +29.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +4.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 93
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.0%
- RSI (14)
- 48.7
- Relative volume
- 1.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.53
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -74.7% | 983 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -11.3% | 27 days | 45 days (Mar 10, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $13.79B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $15.25B
- Dividend yield
- 3.65%
- 52-week range
- $61.90 – $104.68
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.28B | $16.95B | $15.78B | $15.37B | $15.13B |
| Gross profit | $5.08B | $4.10B | $4.10B | $4.60B | $4.52B |
| Operating income | $2.07B | $913.7M | $908.8M | $1.35B | $1.15B |
| Net income | $1.69B | -$133.7M | -$281.7M | $286.3M | $401.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $10.16 | -$0.89 | -$2.07 | $1.95 | $2.65 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.75B | $3.72B | $3.74B | $3.95B | $3.76B | $3.68B | $3.85B | $3.96B |
| Net income | $91.1M | $194.9M | $90.4M | $101.9M | $51.4M | $158.2M | $59.6M | $351.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.60 | $1.28 | $0.60 | $0.67 | $0.34 | $1.04 | $0.39 | $2.31 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $663.1M | -$1.46B | $1.19B | $1.11B | $971.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$519.1M | -$530.4M | -$338.7M | -$353.9M | -$283.3M |
| Free cash flow | $144.0M | -$1.99B | $852.6M | $753.0M | $687.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$474.8M | -$465.8M | -$482.6M | -$491.2M | -$500.6M |
| Net share buybacks | $97.1M | -$2.28B | $2.9M | $7.1M | -$7.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $592.4M
- Total assets
- $20.09B
- Total liabilities
- $11.13B
- Total debt
- $4.76B
- Net debt
- $4.17B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.96B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.84 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.83 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.83 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.83 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.83 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $0.82 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $0.82 | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.82 | Dec 17, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,154,396
- Days to cover
- 4.17
- Change vs previous report
- +2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 4, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Sep 30, 1986
- 3-for-2
- May 21, 1980
- 2-for-1
- Oct 3, 1978
- 3-for-2