Stanley Black & Decker Inc’s recently made public 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 $0.68 million.
Then, Link Janet bought 1,990 shares, generating $169,630 in total proceeds.
Wolfe Research upgraded its Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] rating to a Peer perform from a an Underperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid May from “an Equal weight” to “an Overweight”. Jefferies began covering SWK with “Buy” recommendation on February 19, 2025. Mizuho revised its rating on December 19, 2024. It rated SWK as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of SWK
On Tuesday, Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] saw its stock jump 2.11% to $69.36. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.09%. Stanley Black & Decker Inc shares have fallen nearly -31.67% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -13.61% over the past one year.
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 2025-07-15, growing by 0.51 million shares to a total of 6.61 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.1 million shares. There was a rise of 7.74%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 06, 2024 when Morgan Stanley began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ rating along with a $107 price target.
