Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s filing revealed that its SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y Link Janet unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.17 million on Feb 07 ’25. In the deal valued at $85.24 per share,1,990 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Link Janet now holds 9,862 shares worth roughly $0.8 million.
Then, Link Janet bought 1,990 shares, generating $169,630 in total proceeds.
Before that, Link Janet sold 13,520 shares. Stanley Black & Decker Inc shares valued at $1,404,847 were divested by the SVP, General Counsel & Sec’y at a price of $103.91 per share. As a result of the transaction, Link Janet now holds 31,960 shares, worth roughly $2.6 million.
Jefferies initiated its Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] rating to a Buy in a research note published on February 19, 2025; the price target was $103. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Mizuho’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “a Neutral” to “an Outperform”. Morgan Stanley began covering SWK with “an Equal-weight” recommendation on September 06, 2024. Barclays revised its rating on June 04, 2024. It rated SWK as “an Equal weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of SWK
On Tuesday, Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] saw its stock fall -0.28% to $81.32. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.86%. Stanley Black & Decker Inc shares have risen nearly 1.28% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -9.23% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $110.88 was reached on 01/28/25, a 52-week low of $77.70 was recorded on 03/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $85.27, while 200 days put it at $90.91.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For SWK Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 80.67, which if violated will result in even more drops to 80.02. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 81.98. A further resistance level may holdings at 82.64. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 42.59, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -2.25, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 81.85%. Stochastics %K at 17.78% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in Stanley Black & Decker Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Stanley Black & Decker Inc stocks on 2025-02-28, growing by 2.11 million shares to a total of 7.38 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-01-31 was 5.26 million shares. There was a rise of 28.66%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
