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Stanley Black & Decker
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Stanley Black & Decker is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $15.3 billion, up 0.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $1.29 billion, up 215% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.26 billion, down 26% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 3, 2026: $0.02 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.40 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.75 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 24, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 776 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+54 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 35 (33 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Stanley Black & Decker is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending19th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex36th pct
- Hiring filings68th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications70th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment55th pct
- Call confidence65th pct
- Guidance changes—
- Risk factors added40th pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Call confidence
- − Risk factors added
- + Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver83rd pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Stanley Black & Decker's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$4.8B
- Due within a year $0.1B
- Longer term $4.7B
- Default point $2.4B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 4, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Stanley Black & Decker, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- PositiveStanley Black & Decker Stock: Macro Headwinds Are Getting Stronger Stronger (NYSE:SWK)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 8, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DGA GROUP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (STANLEY BLACK & DECKER)third_quarter 2026 · $0.8 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026PatentPatent granted: POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULEUS 12759488
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (STANLEY BLACK & DECKER)second_quarter 2026 · $0.8 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 24, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 24, 20268-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Apr 27, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 27, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 27, 2026Trademark
- Feb 24, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Jan 26, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 31, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 30, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 26, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 26, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Apr 30, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 3, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 25, 2025Trademark
- Mar 12, 2025Risk event
- Feb 18, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 14, 2024Risk event
- Nov 6, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 23, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 27, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 4 removed
Peers
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