For the quarter ended September 2025, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) reported revenue of $3.76 billion, up 0.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.43, compared to $1.22 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.35% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.77 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.19, the EPS surprise was +20.17%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Stanley Black & Decker performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Tools & Outdoor: $3.26 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $3.27 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.2%.
- Net Sales- Engineered Fastening: $500.5 million versus $491.36 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.6% change.
- Operating profit- Tools & Outdoor- Normalized: $390 million versus $402.13 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating profit- Corporate overhead- Normalized: $-53.7 million versus $-63.9 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating profit- Engineered Fastening- Normalized: $63.9 million compared to the $63.93 million average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Stanley Black & Decker have returned -10.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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