Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK): Do Not Miss The Gain Train

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $61.85, with 3.98 million shares of worth about $246.39 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -34.49% during that period and on May 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 4.96%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 154.69M shares, out of which, 154.19M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 4.94% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 10.72%. Year-to-date (YTD), SWK shares are showing a performance of -22.97% which decreased to -28.92% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $53.91 but also hit the highest price of $110.88 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Stanley Black & Decker Inc shares is 2.58 million. The stock is currently trading 3.88% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -12.50% for SMA50 and it goes to -29.40% lower than SMA200.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) currently have 154.69M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.89% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $9.57B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.16. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 26.27, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.35 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.66 and has Quick Ratio of 0.36 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for SWK, volatility over the week remained 3.61% while standing at 5.00% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -1.43% while it is estimated to increase by 31.43% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 15.85% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -20.90% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Jefferies on February 19, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $103 to it. Coverage by Mizuho stated Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on December 19, 2024, suggesting a price target of $110 for the stock. On September 06, 2024, Morgan Stanley Initiated their recommendations, while on June 04, 2024, Barclays Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $86. Stock get an Underweight rating from JP Morgan on December 14, 2023.

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