Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.750-5.750 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.410. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Stanley Black & Decker Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE SWK traded up $0.38 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $86.00. 2,406,347 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,877,506. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $84.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.52. Stanley Black & Decker has a 1-year low of $77.70 and a 1-year high of $110.88. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market cap of $13.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -62.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.24.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.21. Stanley Black & Decker had a positive return on equity of 6.44% and a negative net margin of 1.33%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Stanley Black & Decker will post 4.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Mizuho raised Stanley Black & Decker from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. StockNews.com downgraded Stanley Black & Decker from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on Stanley Black & Decker from $95.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $94.00 to $107.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Stanley Black & Decker currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $101.25.

About Stanley Black & Decker

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.