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Makes DeWalt and Craftsman power/hand tools and outdoor equipment sold through home-improvement and industrial retailers.
Makes DeWalt and Craftsman power/hand tools and outdoor equipment sold through home-improvement and industrial retailers.
Sells tools to professional and DIY users through big-box home-improvement retailers, with Home Depot and Lowe's central to its shelf space, plus industrial distributors. It bought the Craftsman brand rights from Sears in 2017 and has been shedding non-core businesses such as security.
Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Strong multi-brand portfolio and big-box retail shelf space are hard for rivals to displace.
Headquarters: New Britain, Connecticut, USA · Founded: 1843 · Employees: 43,500
Size Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) is a United States Industrials company (Tools & Hardware) with a market value of $17.3B, the 539th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $114.85 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 43.2%, against +14.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 8 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is 10.0% (peer median 16.6%).
Valuation It trades at 18.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.7× (3rd cheapest of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +4 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.2 points below its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).
Credit Stanley Black & Decker has 8 bonds outstanding ($4.55B), rated BBB+ by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 91 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 5.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.2B | $15.1B | $15.4B | $15.8B | $16.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | -2% | -3% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | $5.10B | $4.49B | $4.60B | $4.10B | $4.10B |
| EBITDA | $1.99B | $1.75B | $1.94B | $1.53B | $1.49B |
| Net income | $841M | $402M | $286M | -$282M | -$134M |
| Free cash flow | $1.72B | $688M | $753M | $853M | -$1.99B |
| Capital expenditure | $270M | $283M | $354M | $339M | $530M |
| Total debt | $4.70B | $6.34B | $6.59B | $7.68B | $7.90B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Black & Decker SWK | $17.3B | +43% | 0% | 10% | 18.3× | 6.8% |
| Techtronic Ind 0669.HK | $33.1B | +14% | +4% | 9% | 22.8× | 8.1% |
| Snap-on SNA | $18.9B | -1% | +3% | 25% | 18.3× | 2.7% |
| Makita 6586.T | $8.78B | -9% | +9% | 14% | 16.6× | 0.6% |
| Illinois Tool Works ITW | $79.8B | +11% | +5% | 27% | 23.4× | 9.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | SWK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +28.8% | +8.5% | highest of 8 |
| 6-month return | +43.2% | +14.1% | highest of 8 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -6.4% | -12.5% | 3rd highest of 8 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.4% | +6.3% | 2nd lowest of 8 |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 16.6% | 2nd lowest of 8 |
| Forward P/E | 18.3× | 18.7× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.8% | 7.6% | 4th least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.0% | +9.3% | lowest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +3.8 pp | -2.7 pp | 2nd most demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.2 pp | +8.8 pp | lowest of 8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7× | 15.7× | 2nd cheapest of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | -0.2× | most indebted of 6 |
| Bond spread | 91 bp | 81 bp | widest of 4 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Black & Decker SWK | United States | $17.3B | +43% | 0% | 10% | 18.3× | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| Snap-on SNA | United States | $18.9B | -1% | +3% | 25% | 18.3× | 2.7% | +5.5% |
| Allegion ALLE | United States | $15.6B | +39% | +10% | 22% | 18.7× | 7.6% | +8.4% |
| Techtronic Ind 0669.HK | Hong Kong | $33.1B | +14% | +4% | 9% | 22.8× | 8.1% | +9.3% |
| Makita 6586.T | Japan | $8.78B | -9% | +9% | 14% | 16.6× | 0.6% | +5.0% |
| Codan CDA.AX | Australia | $6.88B | +41% | +30% | 28% | 36.4× | 26.4% | +14.9% |
| ASSA ABLOY ASSA-B.ST | Sweden | $44.8B | +15% | 0% | 17% | 24.4× | 9.0% | +11.7% |
| Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial 002444.SZ | China | $5.33B | -13% | +6% | 15% | 13.0× | 5.8% | +11.5% |
Stanley Black & Decker has 8 bonds outstanding with $4.55B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 5.72%, a spread of 91 bp over government bonds.