For the quarter ended March 2025, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) reported revenue of $3.74 billion, down 3.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.75, compared to $0.56 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.37% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.73 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.68, the EPS surprise was +10.29%.
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: $3.28 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $3.26 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.1%.
- Operating profit- Corporate overhead- Normalized: -$68.40 million compared to the -$60.80 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Operating profit- Tools & Outdoor- Normalized: $314.20 million compared to the $310.44 million average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Stanley Black & Decker have returned -19.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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