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After finishing at $86.66 in the prior trading day, Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE: SWK) closed at $85.62, down -1.20%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.20 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.81 million shares were traded. SWK stock price reached its highest trading level at $85.65 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.087.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of SWK by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 43.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.80. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.42 and its Current Ratio is at 1.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.73 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.63.
On September 06, 2024, Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and target price of $107.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on June 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $100 to $86.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 01 ’24 when Link Janet sold 13,520 shares for $103.91 per share. The transaction valued at 1,404,847 led to the insider holds 31,960 shares of the business.
Link Janet bought 13,520 shares of SWK for $1,404,847 on Aug 01 ’24. On May 06 ’24, another insider, Link Janet, who serves as the SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y of the company, sold 3,442 shares for $86.80 each. As a result, the insider received 298,748 and left with 32,860 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SWK now has a Market Capitalization of 13199521792 and an Enterprise Value of 20067041280. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.49. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.305 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.062.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SWK is 1.26, which has changed by -0.029237151 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.208081 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SWK has reached a high of $110.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.29%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.77M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2285000 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 154.15M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 153.64M. Insiders hold about 0.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.98% stake in the company. Shares short for SWK as of 1736899200 were 5611298 with a Short Ratio of 3.17, compared to 1734048000 on 3996567. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5611298 and a Short% of Float of 4.78.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.76.
