Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Kevin Freeman

Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock is trading at $70.73, up 5.27%. 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 12.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.87%, 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 July 08, 2025, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight on May 13, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $90. On February 19, 2025, Jefferies initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $103 on the stock. Mizuho upgraded its rating to an Outperform but stick to its price target of $110 on December 19, 2024. Morgan Stanley initiated its recommendation with a Equal-Weight and recommended $107 as its price target on September 06, 2024. Barclays downgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on June 04, 2024, and downed its price target to $86. In a note dated December 14, 2023, JP Morgan downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $89.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] stock has fluctuated between $53.91 and $93.63 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $82 within the next 12 months. Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE: SWK] shares were valued at $70.73 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.93% based on the average SWK price forecast.

Analyzing the SWK fundamentals

Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] reported sales of 15.17B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.13%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.67.

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 68.93 points at the first support level, and at 67.14 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 71.81, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 72.90.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.11. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.35, while the Cash Ratio is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.72, the price to book ratio is 1.22 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.47.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Link Janet, SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y, that happened on Nov 06 ’25 when 11766.0 shares were sold. Officer, Link Janet completed a deal on Nov 06 ’25 to buy 11766.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y Link Janet sold 1990.0 shares on Feb 07 ’25.

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