Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) is -19.55% 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 $64.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.45%.
Currently trading at $64.59, the stock is -2.20% and 1.05% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.19 million and changing 0.70% at the moment leaves the stock -22.60% off its SMA200. SWK registered -22.69% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.99%.
The stock witnessed a -8.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.39%, and is -5.20% down 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 2.10% over the week and 2.15% over the month.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) has around 48500 employees, a market worth around $9.99B and $15.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.43 and Fwd P/E is 11.29. Profit margin for the company is 2.34%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.81% and -41.75% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.63%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -1.31% this year
The shares outstanding are 154.69M, and float is at 154.19M with Short Float at 4.89%.
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).
