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 $0.68 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 $2.21 million.
Barclays upgraded its Stanley Black & Decker Inc [SWK] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid February with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Mizuho also remained covering SWK and has increased its forecast on December 19, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Morgan Stanley started covering the stock on September 06, 2024. It rated SWK as “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of SWK
On Tuesday, Stanley Black & Decker Inc [NYSE:SWK] saw its stock jump 2.92% to $69.17. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 7.56%. Stanley Black & Decker Inc shares have fallen nearly -13.85% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -17.15% 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 2025-05-15, dropping by -0.17 million shares to a total of 8.35 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-15 was 8.53 million shares. There was a decline of -2.09%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
