Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

SWK Industrials Tools & Accessories

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.1 billion, down 1.53% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−0.65%
EPS
+442.2%
Free cash flow
+276.7%
Total debt
−10.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

115.11 0.16 −0.14%
Market cap
$17.4B
P/E
20.6×
Fwd P/E
18.1×
Dividend yield
2.88%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.96
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
32/100

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK) Return on invested capital

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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.05%, up 3.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.28%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.01% (fiscal 2023) to 9.66% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Tools & Accessories industry median of 7.05% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.28% 0.87
FY2024 2.41% 2.42
FY2023 −0.01% (1.38)
FY2022 1.37% (5.33)
FY2021 6.70% 0.37
FY2020 6.33% (0.65)
FY2019 6.98% 0.21
FY2018 6.77% (2.55)
FY2017 9.32% (0.34)
FY2016 9.66% 0.71

Against its own ten years

Low −0.01% High 9.66%
Ten-year median 6.70%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. compare 20.7%
KMT Kennametal Inc. compare 18.7%
SNA Snap-On Incorporated compare 15.4%
TTC Toro Company (The) compare 14.4%
RBC RBC Bearings Incorporated compare 7.39%
SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 7.05%
TKR Timken Company (The) compare 6.76%
HLMN Hillman Solutions Corp. compare 2.98%
EML Eastern Company (The) compare 2.86%
Tools & Accessories industry median 7.05%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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