Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock is trading at $61.92, up 4.70%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SWK shares have gain 8.99% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -23.05%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE: SWK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 19, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $103. Previously, Mizuho upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 19, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $110. On September 06, 2024, Morgan Stanley initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned a price target of $107 on the stock. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and decreased its price target to $86 on June 04, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Underweight but $89 remained the price target by the analyst firm on December 14, 2023. Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 27, 2023. In a note dated August 11, 2023, Wolfe Research downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $94.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock has fluctuated between $53.91 and $110.88 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $92 within the next 12 months. Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE: SWK] shares were valued at $61.92 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 48.58% based on the average SWK price forecast.
Analyzing the SWK fundamentals
Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] reported sales of 15.37B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -0.43%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, 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 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.71.
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 60.04 points at the first support level, and at 58.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 62.91, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 63.89.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.30. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.37, while the Cash Ratio is 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.62, the price to book ratio is 1.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.80.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Link Janet, SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y, that happened on Feb 07 ’25 when 1990.0 shares were sold. Officer, Link Janet completed a deal on Feb 07 ’25 to buy 1990.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y Link Janet sold 13520.0 shares on Aug 01 ’24.
