Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock is trading at $91.90, up 0.55%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The SWK shares have gain 1.81% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.74%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE: SWK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 14, 2023, when JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Underweight but kept the price target unchanged to $89 for it. Previously, Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy on October 27, 2023. On August 11, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform but maintained its price target of $94 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $106 on February 03, 2023. Longbow downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 28, 2022, and downed its price target to $80. In a note dated October 14, 2022, Credit Suisse downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $125 to $79.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock has fluctuated between $73.87 and $104.21 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $165.7 within the next 12 months. Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE: SWK] shares were valued at $91.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 80.3% based on the average SWK price forecast.
Analyzing the SWK fundamentals
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] reported sales of 15.78B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -6.28%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.25% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.02%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.01, Equity is -0.03 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.81.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 90.03 points at the first support level, and at 88.16 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 93.64, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 95.38.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] reported earnings per share of $0.92 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/31/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.79/share, meaning a difference of $0.13 and a surprise factor of 16.50%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/30/2023 were $1.05 per share as compared to estimates of $0.83 per share, a difference of $0.22 representing a surprise of 26.50%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.19. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.39 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.90, the price to book ratio is 1.56.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Robinson Graham, SVP & President of Industrial, that happened on Dec 05 ’23 when 2000.0 shares were sold. SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y, Link Janet completed a deal on Aug 07 ’23 to sell 3081.0 shares.
