Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) is -11.94% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $53.91 and a high of $110.88 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SWK stock was last observed hovering at around $71.86 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.16%.
Currently trading at $70.70, the stock is 13.22% and 2.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.12 million and changing -1.61% at the moment leaves the stock -18.81% off its SMA200. SWK registered -21.62% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.62%.
The stock witnessed a 20.12% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.56%, and is 14.31% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.92% over the week and 3.69% over the month.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) has around 48500 employees, a market worth around $10.94B and $15.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.03 and Fwd P/E is 12.51. Profit margin for the company is 2.34%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.14% and -36.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.63%).
with sales reaching $4.01B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.09% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.03% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.26% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 154.69M, and float is at 154.19M with Short Float at 5.61%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with over 19.61 million shares valued at $1.57 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.0423 of the SWK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 18.59 million shares valued at $1.49 billion to account for 12.3615 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 13.75 million shares representing 9.145 and valued at over $1.1 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.6608 of the shares totaling 8.51 million with a market value of $680.18 million.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Link Janet, the company’s SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y. SEC filings show that Link Janet sold 1,990 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $85.24 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9862.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 01 ’24, Link Janet (SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y) disposed off 13,520 shares at an average price of $103.91 for $1.4 million. The insider now directly holds 31,960 shares of Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK).
