Zacks Research Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for SWK

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Stanley Black & Decker in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.93 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.99. The consensus estimate for Stanley Black & Decker’s current full-year earnings is $4.14 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Stanley Black & Decker’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.34 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.61 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.56 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. StockNews.com cut Stanley Black & Decker from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Barclays reduced their price target on Stanley Black & Decker from $100.00 to $94.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $95.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Mizuho upgraded shares of Stanley Black & Decker from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 price target for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $107.00 to $98.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $101.25.

Stanley Black & Decker Price Performance

Shares of NYSE SWK opened at $88.06 on Friday. Stanley Black & Decker has a 1 year low of $77.70 and a 1 year high of $110.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -64.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.24. The company’s 50-day moving average is $84.35 and its 200 day moving average is $93.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.42.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $3.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.80 billion. Stanley Black & Decker had a negative net margin of 1.33% and a positive return on equity of 6.44%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund raised its holdings in Stanley Black & Decker by 20.6% in the 4th quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund now owns 5,497 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $444,000 after acquiring an additional 939 shares during the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 12.2% in the fourth quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,744 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $220,000 after purchasing an additional 298 shares during the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. purchased a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker during the fourth quarter valued at $360,000. CIBC Asset Management Inc increased its holdings in Stanley Black & Decker by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 23,427 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,881,000 after buying an additional 834 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Stanley Black & Decker by 92.2% in the 4th quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 13,117 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,053,000 after buying an additional 6,291 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.77% of the company’s stock.

Stanley Black & Decker Company Profile

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc engages in the provision of power and hand tools, and related accessories, products, services and equipment for oil and gas, infrastructure applications, commercial electronic security and monitoring systems, healthcare solutions, and mechanical access solutions. It operates through the Tools and Storage segment, and Industrial segment.