Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

A new trading day began on Friday, with Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) stock price up 1.80% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $87.67. SWK’s price has ranged from $77.70 to $110.88 over the past 52 weeks.

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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales topped by 2.90%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 186.15%. With a float of $153.62 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $153.62 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 50500 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 29.2%, operating margin of 5.91%, and the pretax margin is 0.24%.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) Insider Updates

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Tools & Accessories Industry. The insider ownership of Stanley Black & Decker Inc is 0.35%, while institutional ownership is 88.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 01 ’24, was worth 1,404,847. In this transaction SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y of this company sold 13,520 shares at a rate of $103.91, taking the stock ownership to the 31,960 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 01 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 13,520 for $103.91, making the entire transaction worth $1,404,847.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.92 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.94 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 186.15% per share during the next fiscal year.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.42. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.91. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.77.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.24, a number that is poised to hit 1.26 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.55 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK)

The latest stats from [Stanley Black & Decker Inc, SWK] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.73 million was superior to 1.45 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 43.82%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.59.

During the past 100 days, Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s (SWK) raw stochastic average was set at 32.55%, which indicates a significant decrease from 37.60% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.76% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 35.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $100.13, while its 200-day Moving Average is $93.01. Now, the first resistance to watch is $90.15. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $91.04. The third major resistance level sits at $92.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $88.11, it is likely to go to the next support level at $86.96. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $86.07.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 14.01 billion, the company has a total of 154,164K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 15,781 M while annual income is -281,700 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,751 M while its latest quarter income was 91,100 K.