Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) stock analysis
Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) clears 4 of this site's 8 mechanical value filters, 2 of 8 Buffett-style checks and 3 of 5 Lynch-style checks. At $98.97 it trades 52.3% below this site's neutral DCF value (a margin of safety of +52.3%). Its earnings quality rates Strong and it returns +3.0% to shareholders net of dilution. Figures are as of October 23, 2026, from SEC filings and market data refreshed weekly; this is educational analysis, not investment advice.
Data as of October 23, 2026. Refreshed weekly from SEC filings and market data.
What does Stanley Black & Decker do?
Stanley Black & Decker makes power tools, hand tools and outdoor equipment under brands such as DeWalt, Craftsman and Stanley.
Brands and businesses it owns
- DeWalt
- Craftsman
- Stanley
- Black+Decker
- Cub Cadet
What stands out about Stanley Black & Decker?
- The share price implies shrinking cash flow. At $98.97, SWK's free cash flow of $12.15 per share would have to shrink 9.9% a year at first, then recover to 2.5% growth by year 10, for this site's DCF (10% discount rate) to match the price. This site's baseline starts at 8% growth, so the price asks for less growth than the baseline. Change the assumptions.
- Misses 2 of the 8 value filters. It fails Market Cap > $25B ($14.1B) and PEG Ratio < 1.5 (1.63); the other 4 pass and 2 were not evaluated. See every filter.
- Strongest against peers: free-cash-flow yield. At 12.3% (peer median 4.2%) it ranks 1st of 17 among machinery stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Weakest against peers: return on equity. At 7% (peer median 15%) it ranks 17th of 17 among machinery stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Dividend raises 1 of 6 flags. Its trailing yield is 3.55%. See the Sustainable Dividend Screener.
How has Stanley Black & Decker's share price moved?
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Is Stanley Black & Decker undervalued? The value diligence check
Every value-investing signal this site computes for this stock, gathered in one place: the same real numbers from the tools below, not a new score.
- Margin of safety (DCF) +52.3%
- P/E vs. its own history 22.8x · the middle Real range: 11.2x–41.6x over 4 years (net income per diluted share from each fiscal year's 10-K, paired with the real closing price at that fiscal year-end).
- Wall St. analyst rating Buy · 3.52/5 21 analysts this month: 3 strong buy, 5 buy, 13 hold, 0 sell, 0 strong sell (Finnhub). Up from 3.50 last month.
- Earnings quality (is the profit real?) Strong · all 5 checks clean Beneish M-score −2.78 · accruals −2.6% of assets · >500% of profit arrived as cash · stock comp 0.6% of revenue · share count +0.7% a year. From the latest 10-K (year to Jan 2026) - see the Earnings Quality Screener for how each check is scored.
- Shareholder yield (cash back to owners) +3.0% net Latest fiscal year (2026): dividends 3.5% + buybacks 0.1% − stock comp 0.7%, as a share of today's market cap. Over 14 years its split-adjusted share count fell 14%. See Shareholder Yield Leaders.
- Capital needed to grow (See's test) Profit did not grow in 10 years Operating profit $1.9B → $619M, capital needed $11B → $12B, 2017–2026 (3-year averages); return on capital now 5% before tax. Buffett's See's Candies needed $0.42 per $1 of new profit, FlightSafety $3.20, a typical grower about $5. See Capital-Light Compounders.
- PEG (growth at a reasonable price) 1.63 · Above fair P/E 22.8× ÷ 14.0% a year of growth behind it. 182nd lowest of 447 stocks with a usable PEG. Lynch's fair value is a PEG of 1; a very high PEG usually means almost no growth, a very low one a profit spike. See PEG Ratio Ranking.
- Compounder lenses (4) 2 of 4 · misses capital-light, price Capital-light growth: not cleared (profit grew 0.3×, under 2×); Profit is real: cleared; Cash to owners: cleared; Fair price (PEG): not cleared (PEG 1.63, over 1.5). See Compounders at a Fair Price, which also lets you move the PEG bar.
- Value trap check Clear
- Munger's Inversion Check 0 flags
- Standing vs. sector peers 4 of 7 measures above the median Compared with the 16 other machinery stocks this site tracks: 3 in the top third, 3 in the bottom third.
- Dividend payout sustainability 1/6 flags
How does Stanley Black & Decker compare with its peers?
4 of 7 measures sit above the median of the 16 other machinery stocks tracked here, 3 in the top third and 3 in the bottom third.
- P/E ratiolower is cheaper · peer median 26.7× 22.8× ✓5th of 17
- Free-cash-flow yieldhigher is cheaper · peer median 4.2% 12.3% ✓1st of 17
- Return on equityhigher is better · peer median 15% 7% ✕17th of 17
- Net marginhigher is better · peer median 12.4% 4.1% ✕17th of 17
- Revenue growthhigher is better, year on year · peer median 5.2% 0.8% ✕14th of 17
- Debt / equitylower is safer · peer median 0.54 0.53 –7th of 16
- Dividend yieldamong dividend payers · peer median 1.28% 3.55% ✓2nd of 17
Peers are the stocks this site tracks in the same sector group, not every listed competitor. The bar runs from the weakest peer (left) to the strongest (right); the tick is the middle. Measures that don't apply to a sector (cash-flow yield for banks, debt for financials) are left out.
What would Buffett & Lynch say?
Buffett's checklist is built around durable, profitable businesses bought at sensible prices, and SWK doesn't clear enough of it yet. In its favor: SWK is trading below what a conservative discounted-cash-flow estimate says it's worth - his own "price is what you pay, value is what you get" test, not a fixed multiple ceiling, and trades at a reasonable multiple of owner earnings, his own term for the real cash a business could pay out. Where it comes up short: SWK isn't clearing the return-on-equity bar he'd want to see right now, and its five-year average return on equity falls short too, so this isn't just a one-off dip, carries more debt relative to equity than he typically tolerates, runs thinner pretax margins than he'd like to see, hasn't grown earnings per share fast enough over five years to impress him, and doesn't cover its interest expense as comfortably as he'd want.
- ROE (TTM) > 11% ✕
- ROE (5yr avg) > 11% ✕
- Debt/Equity < 0.5 ✕
- Pretax margin > 15% ✕
- EPS growth (5yr) > 7% ✕
- Interest coverage > 5x ✕
- Trading below intrinsic value (DCF) ✓
- Price vs. owner earnings < 25x ✓
- Bonus: returning capital via buybacks FY2026
Lynch looked for growth stories that weren't overpriced for that growth, and SWK falls short of his bar. In its favor: SWK pays a real dividend, the actual reason he bought slow growers at all, is growing at the modest, GDP-ish pace typical of a slow grower, and converts earnings into real cash at a reasonable price. Where it comes up short: SWK carries more debt than he liked to see, even allowing for the extra room a large, stable business gets, and is priced too rich for how little growth is actually left in the business.
- Dividend yield > 2.5% ✓
- EPS growth 0%-10% ✓
- Debt/Equity < 0.6 ✕
- P/E < 20 ✕
- Price/FCF < 25 ✓
Quantitative approximations of each investor's documented approach, not endorsed by either investor or their estates - commentary, not this site's actual ranking criteria. Buffett never published a numeric checklist: only 2 of his 8 checks here trace to his own documented concepts ("owner earnings," from his 1986 shareholder letter, and "price is what you pay, value is what you get," his case against fixed P/E/P/B ceilings) - the other 6 (ROE, debt, margins, growth, interest coverage) use commonly-cited thresholds that are not numbers he himself published. The 8 hard filters below (plus the Munger check and Graham margin of safety) are this site's real, mechanical screen and are computed completely independently of the checklists above.
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Which of the 8 value filters does Stanley Black & Decker pass?
- Market Cap > $25B $14.1B
- Trailing P/E < 25 22.79
- PEG Ratio < 1.5 1.63
- Price/Book < 8 1.58
- Price/Sales < 7 0.93
- EPS Growth YoY > -5% +247.2%
- vs 50-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
- vs 200-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
What is Stanley Black & Decker's margin of safety?
History tracking starts this week - check back in a future week to see how this has moved.
Where is Stanley Black & Decker in its 52-week range?
What is the short interest in Stanley Black & Decker?
7,276,347 shares short as of 2026-09-30 (FINRA settlement date). Reported twice a month, so this only changes roughly every two weeks, not daily.
What could go wrong with Stanley Black & Decker? Munger's inversion check
"Invert, always invert." Instead of reasons to buy, these are reasons to hesitate, not a verdict, and not everything worth knowing about a business.
- Margin of safety, even in the bull case +72%
- Short interest under 5% of float 4.8%
- Passes most of the 6 fundamental filters 4/6 passed
- Price run-up backed by value, not just momentum +59% off 52wk low
- Debt/equity stable since 2017 0.60 → 0.58
Doesn't cover circle of competence, management quality, or accounting concerns: those need judgment, not data.
How much have Stanley Black & Decker shareholders gained per year?
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
An earnings-based proxy, not a stock-price total return - it doesn't capture multiple expansion/contraction or reinvested dividends. EPS from SWK's own 10-K filings; dividend yield is the current trailing yield on today's price, from the same weekly fetch as the rest of this site.
What do Stanley Black & Decker's 10-year financials show?
From SWK's own 10-K filings (SEC EDGAR): up to the last 10 fiscal years. Press any year's bars for the exact figures.
Frequently asked questions about Stanley Black & Decker
What kind of company is Stanley Black & Decker?
Stanley Black & Decker makes power tools, hand tools and outdoor equipment under brands such as DeWalt, Craftsman and Stanley. Brands and businesses it owns include DeWalt, Craftsman, Stanley, Black+Decker and Cub Cadet. This site groups it with Machinery stocks.
Is Stanley Black & Decker trading above or below its DCF value?
At $98.97, SWK trades 52.3% below this site's neutral DCF value of $207.54 per share, a margin of safety of +52.3%. That DCF projects free cash flow for 10 years, with growth starting at 8% and fading to 2.5%, discounted at 10%; it is one set of assumptions, not a forecast. Test your own in the Intrinsic Value Calculator.
How many of this site's 8 value filters does Stanley Black & Decker pass?
SWK passes 4 of 8. It passes Trailing P/E < 25 (22.79), Price/Book < 8 (1.58), Price/Sales < 7 (0.93) and EPS Growth YoY > -5% (+247.2%). It misses Market Cap > $25B ($14.1B) and PEG Ratio < 1.5 (1.63). vs 50-day MA (±12%) and vs 200-day MA (±12%) were not evaluated, because the moving-average checks only run on stocks that clear the fundamentals first. The 8-filter list shows every stock that passes all of them.
What growth is Stanley Black & Decker's share price pricing in?
At $98.97, SWK's free cash flow of $12.15 per share would have to shrink 9.9% a year at first, then recover to 2.5% growth by year 10, for this site's DCF (10% discount rate) to match the price. This site's baseline starts at 8% growth, so the price asks for less growth than the baseline. Change the assumptions.
How much cash does Stanley Black & Decker return to shareholders?
SWK's net shareholder yield is +3.0%: the cash it returns through dividends and buybacks, minus stock-based compensation, as a share of its market value. Latest fiscal year (2026): dividends 3.5% + buybacks 0.1% − stock comp 0.7%, as a share of today's market cap. Over 14 years its split-adjusted share count fell 14%. Its trailing dividend yield is 3.55%, paid out of 27% of its free cash flow; the dividend-sustainability check raises 1 of 6 flags (weak interest coverage and a yield far above its sector's). See Shareholder Yield Leaders and the Sustainable Dividend Screener.
When does Stanley Black & Decker report earnings next?
Stanley Black & Decker's next earnings report is expected on November 4, 2026 before the market opens, with analysts expecting earnings of $1.57 per share. Dates come from the Finnhub earnings calendar and can move. In its last 4 quarters it beat the estimate 4 times, by an average of +20.9%.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Financial statements: Stanley Black & Decker's 10-K annual report for the year ended Jan 3, 2026, filed Feb 24, 2026 (filing index). Every earlier year in the 10-year financials comes from the company's older 10-K filings, all listed on SEC EDGAR.
- Prices and market data: quotes, P/E and analyst ratings from Finnhub; daily price history and the 52-week range from Twelve Data, both refreshed weekly. Short interest comes from FINRA, reported twice a month.
- How to check a figure: click any number in the card above to see its exact source, and read the Editorial Standards for every rule behind the checks.
About this Stanley Black & Decker Inc analysis
This page shows every value-investing check the site runs on Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) in one place: the 8 mechanical filters, the Buffett and Lynch checklists, a margin of safety from a disclosed DCF, earnings quality, shareholder yield and how it ranks against its sector peers. The numbers come from SEC filings and public market data, refreshed weekly, and the same rules apply to every stock on the stock list. See Editorial Standards for the sources and the rules, or run your own filters in the stock screener.