Big Money Sentiment decreased to 0.86 in Q4 2018. It has change of 0.21, from 2018Q3’s 1.07. The ratio dived due to SWK positioning: 69 sold and 207 reduced. 83 funds took positions and 154 increased positions. Investors holded 125.53 million in 2018Q3 but now own 130.69 million shares or 4.11% more. Reynders Mcveigh Cap Management Ltd Liability has 2,570 shs. Fort LP invested 0.02% of its capital in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK). Valley Advisers has 11 shs for 0% of their capital. Fiduciary reported 0.06% in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK). Hudson Bay Cap Mgmt Limited Partnership has 0.1% invested in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK). Jane Street Gru Limited Liability reported 8,889 shs stake. Montecito State Bank Tru invested 0.21% in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK). Wooster Corthell Wealth Management stated it has 5,316 shs. Keybank Natl Association Oh has 0.01% invested in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) for 9,096 shs. Fifth Third National Bank reported 0% stake. Lazard Asset Mngmt Limited Liability Company accumulated 668,258 shs. Parkside Comml Bank And Tru invested in 474 shs or 0.02% of the stock. Baldwin Mgmt Lc holds 2,600 shs or 0.1% of its capital. Chevy Chase Trust Hldg Inc has invested 0.07% in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK). Freestone Cap Liability Company holds 0.03% in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) or 4,046 shs.

SWK had 2 sales and 1 insider purchase since October 29, 2018. This’s net activity of $887,003. Ramirez Jaime A sold $71,212 worth of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) or 600 shs on Thursday, January 24.

Fiduciary Management Inc reduced its stake by 1.25% in Stanley Black & Deck. (SWK), according to 2018Q4 SEC form. The company’s stock rose 5.50% with the market as Fiduciary Management Inc sold 33,843 shares. The capital goods company at the end of 2018Q4 was valued at $319.56 million. It’s down from 2.70M at the end of the previous reported quarter. Now it had 2.67M shares held by the institutional investor . Stanley Black & Deck. has $21.96 billion MC. SWK touched $145.07 during the last trading session after $0.75 change.Currently Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is downtrending after 11.77% change in last April 17, 2018. SWK has also 504,419 shares volume. SWK underperformed the S&P500 by 16.14%.

About $20.63B and $14.02 billion US Long portfolio Fiduciary Management Inc operates. Its stake in Kennedy (NYSE:KW) was rose by 381,624 shares to 4.24 million shares valued at $77.12M in 2018Q4, according to the filing. For a total of 201,382 shares it increased its holding in Ishares S&P 500 (IVV) by 199,677 shares in the quarter, and has risen its stake in Msc Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM).

Earnings report for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) is awaited on April, 19., Faxor reports. Last year’s EPS was $1.39, while now analysts expect change of 15.11 % down from current $1.18 EPS. If the current EPS of $1.18 is accurate, SWK’s profit could be $178.61 million. Wall Street now forecasts -44.08 % negative EPS growth despite Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. previous quarter’s EPS of $2.11.

For more Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) news released briefly go to: Benzinga.com, Benzinga.com, Streetinsider.com, Seekingalpha.com or Prnewswire.com. The titles are as follows: “Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) – Trustee Requested To Oversee IPS Worldwide’s Operations – Benzinga” released on March 26, 2019, “10 Biggest Price Target Changes For Wednesday – Benzinga” on April 17, 2019, “Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Raises Quarterly Dividend 4.8% to $0.66; 1.9% Yield – StreetInsider.com” with a publish date: July 18, 2018, “Stanley Black & Decker: Attractively Valued Following Pullback – Seeking Alpha” and the last “Stanley Black & Decker Named as One of the 100 Most Reputable Companies in the United States by the Reputation Institute – PRNewswire” with publication date: April 05, 2019.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) Ratings Coverage

In total 7 analysts cover Stanley Black \u0026 Decker (NYSE:SWK). “Buy” rating has 6, “Sell” are 0, while 1 are “Hold”. (NYSE:SWK) has 86% bullish analysts. 16 are the (NYSE:SWK)’s ratings reports on Apr 17, 2019 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. On Monday, March 25 Deutsche Bank maintained Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) with “Buy” rating. On Friday, October 26 the stock of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) has “Overweight” rating given by KeyBanc Capital Markets. In Friday, October 26 report Wells Fargo maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating. In Friday, October 26 report Barclays Capital maintained it with “Overweight” rating and $152 target. On Monday, October 29 the firm has “Overweight” rating given by Morgan Stanley. On Monday, December 17 Barclays Capital maintained Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) rating. Barclays Capital has “Overweight” rating and $145 target. On Monday, March 18 Wells Fargo maintained the shares of SWK in report with “Buy” rating. On Wednesday, April 3 Barclays Capital maintained the shares of SWK in report with “Overweight” rating. On Monday, December 17 the stock of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) earned “Buy” rating by Deutsche Bank. On Friday, October 26 Nomura maintained Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) with “Buy” rating.