What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for SWK Q1 Earnings?

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Stanley Black & Decker in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $0.93 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.99. The consensus estimate for Stanley Black & Decker’s current full-year earnings is $4.14 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Stanley Black & Decker’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.34 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.61 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.56 EPS.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.05 by $0.17. Stanley Black & Decker had a negative net margin of 1.33% and a positive return on equity of 6.44%. The business had revenue of $3.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.80 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. Stanley Black & Decker’s revenue was down 5.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on SWK. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Stanley Black & Decker from $95.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $94.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Mizuho upgraded shares of Stanley Black & Decker from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $107.00 to $98.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Stanley Black & Decker currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $101.25.

Stanley Black & Decker Stock Down 2.1 %

SWK opened at $88.06 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.42. Stanley Black & Decker has a one year low of $77.70 and a one year high of $110.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -64.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $84.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $93.54.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Stanley Black & Decker during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,386,000. Avanza Fonder AB purchased a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,287,000. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 6.5% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,062,992 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $998,107,000 after purchasing an additional 549,531 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 40.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 923,118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $101,663,000 after buying an additional 267,723 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Stanley Black & Decker by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,579,852 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $392,882,000 after buying an additional 35,100 shares during the period. 87.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.