Stanley Black & Decker Inc

Fortune Brands Home & Security reported 3Q16 net sales of $1.3 billion, which is a YoY (year-over-year) rise of 3.2% over its net sales of $1.2 billion in 3Q15.

The Stanley Security business saw a steady decline in the last four years with sales falling from $2.4 billion in 2012 to ~$2.1 billion in 2015.

The rise in 3M’s revenue was primarily driven by better-than-expected organic growth across all segments, with the exception of the Consumer segment.

Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS) has a market cap of $8.2 billion. It rose 1.6% to close at $53.16 per share on October 26, 2016.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) has a stupendous record of launching at least 1,000 products every year at an average of three products a day.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) markets its products through three business segments: Global Tools & Storage, Security, and Industrials.

Emerson Electric (EMR) released its fiscal 3Q16 earnings after the Market opened on August 2, 2016. It resulted in a negative price action of 4.9%.

Profit margins in Stanley Security increased from 10.2% in 2013 to 11.4% in 2015.

Lowe’s (LOW) expects the Rona (RON.TO) transaction to be accretive to its earnings per share or EPS from the very first year after the acquisition.

The global welding product market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% until 2020. The market is expected to touch $23.8 billion by the end of 2020.

Lowe’s (LOW) operates in the home improvement industry where most products, especially building materials, are largely standardized and undifferentiated.

The front month contract for natural gas closed at $4.43 per MMBtu (millions of British thermal units) on March 14, marginally lower than the prior week’s close of $4.61 per MMBtu.

In a press release on April 17, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) announced the key dates and rate for its second-quarter dividend.

As of May 31, Stanley Black & Decker’s (SWK) dividend yield stood at 2.07%.

3M (MMM) announced its first-quarter earnings on April 25.

In a press release on March 5, 3M (MMM) announced that it unveiled its new Expanded Beam Optical Connector System.

In a press release today, 3M (MMM) announced that it’s committed to implementing a 100% renewable electricity program in all of its facilities around the world.

In a press release today, Deere (DE) announced the key dates for the first quarter of 2019’s dividend.

Honeywell (HON) announced the key dates for its first-quarter dividend. The dividend is slated to be paid to eligible shareholders on March 8.

In a press release on February 11, Ingersoll Rand (IR) announced that it made a binding offer to acquire Precision Flow System.

Today, Honeywell (HON) declared a regular cash dividend for the first quarter of 2019.

Today, the 3M Company made an announcement that its board of directors would be nominating CEO Mike Roman to the position of chairman.

Honeywell International (HON) announced its fourth-quarter earnings results before the market opened on February 1, 2019.

In a press release on November 28, 3M said that it would announce its fourth-quarter earnings results before the market opens on January 29.

In a press release on January 14, Caterpillar said that it will announce its fourth-quarter earnings results before the market opens on January 28.

Currently, 21 analysts are actively tracking Stanley Black & Decker. Among the analysts, 67% recommend a “buy,” while 33% recommend a “hold.”

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) is expected to post an adjusted EPS of $2.1 in the fourth quarter—a decrease of ~4.7% YoY (year-over-year).

On January 9, 3M (MMM) announced that it has entered into a collaboration with ON Semiconductor to improve the road safety.

To be eligible for the dividend, investors should hold Deere stock as of December 31. Deere is expected to pay dividends on February 1.

As of December 20, Illinois Tool Works’ dividend yield stood at 2.84%—an increase of 32 basis points compared to the third quarter.

In the first three quarters of 2018, Illinois Tool Works has generated a free cash flow of $1.72 billion.

For the fourth quarter, Stanley Black & Decker declared a dividend of $0.66 per share.

Investors who hold 3M stock as of the close on November 23 in the company’s record will be eligible for the fourth-quarter dividend.

Deere (DE) reported its earnings results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 before the market opened on November 21.

Honeywell declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $0.82 per share, an increase of 10% over the corresponding quarter of last year.

Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a specialized industrial equipment manufacturer, reported debt of $7.40 billion at the end of the third quarter.

SWK stock bounced back sharply after falling due to its third-quarter earnings. The stock gained 12.7% and closed at $124.24 last week.

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) reported its third-quarter earnings on October 24. The company reported an EPS of $1.90.

Honeywell (HON) announced its Q3 2018 earnings on October 19. It reported adjusted EPS of $2.03, implying a 16.7% growth year-over-year.

Honeywell (HON) reported third-quarter adjusted EPS of $2.03, an increase of 16.7% year-over-year, beating analysts’ expectation of $1.99.

3M Company (MMM) remained busy last week, launching two new products in different segments.

As of September 26, 3M (MMM) stock continued to trade sideways and remained in the red. On a YTD basis, 3M stock has declined 10.3%.

Second-quarter 13F SEC filings indicate that institutional investors own 95.3% of Celanese’s (CE) outstanding shares.

Deere (DE) reported its Q3 2018 results on August 17 before the markets opened. Its adjusted EPS was $2.59, a growth of 31.5% YoY.

Caterpillar’s Resource Industries segment is the company’s lowest revenue contributor. The segment had a revenue share of 18% in the second quarter.

Since 2012, 3M’s debt has grown significantly, from $6 billion to $15.7 billion at the end of Q1 2018.

3M’s stock price declined 9.2% and closed at $215.36. As a result, the stock traded 9.0% below the 100-day moving average price of $236.62.

Data from February 28, 2018, shows that Stanley Black & Decker’s (SWK) short interest has fallen since the beginning of 2018.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) stock has remained low since the beginning of 2018.

A company’s dividend yield is the return investors get for every dollar invested in the company’s equity.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) is set to distribute its 1Q18 dividend on March 20, 2018.

As of October 3, 2017, SWK’s one-year-forward price-to-earnings multiple was 19.70x, while peer DOV is trading at a one-year-forward price-to-earnings multiple of 20.90x.

Stanley Black & Decker’s (SWK) PE ratio of 21.1x is pitted against a sector average of 29.3x. The dividend yield of 1.8% is pitted against a sector average of 1.6%.

Among 3M Company’s (MMM) industrial peers, MMM stock has been the second-best performer since the beginning of 2017.

On March 15, 2017, Stanley Black & Decker’s (SWK) was trading at a one-year forward PE multiple of 18.30x, which is higher than its major industrial peers.

Now that it has declared a 1Q17 quarterly dividend of $0.58 per share, SWK’s current dividend yield stands at 1.78%.

SWK stock has been on the rise since the beginning of 2017. On a YTD basis, SWK has gained 14.30%, outperforming peers.

3M Company’s (MMM) stock rose 3.2% from the beginning of December 2016 to January 9, 2017. MMM’s stock is hovering near its 52-week high.

Fortune Brands Home & Security rose 1.5% to close at $54.78 per share on January 6. Its weekly, monthly, and YTD movements were 1.4%, -0.67%, and 2.5%.

Fortune Brands rose 1.1% to close at $56.02 per share on December 14. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and YTD price movements were 0.63%, 0.17%, and 2.1%.

Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS) has a market cap of $8.5 billion. It rose 2.2% to close at $54.97 per share on December 5, 2016.

Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS) has a market cap of $9.7 billion. It rose by 0.19% and closed at $62.57 per share on August 18, 2016.

Danaher (DHR) was the brainchild of brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales. It was incorporated as a holding company in 1984.

Among 3M’s regional markets, the EMEA region delivered the best performance in total growth terms. The region accounts for roughly 20% of 3M’s annual sales.

Stanley Black & Decker’s (SWK) consolidated revenues increased by 2.3% year-over-year to $2.9 billion.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), the world’s leading toolmaker, declared its 2Q16 earnings before the Market opened on July 22. SWK stock closed 4.8% higher on the day of the earnings release.

For fiscal 2016, Lincoln Electric is targeting $400 million of share repurchases while $399 million was achieved in fiscal 2015.

Stanley Black & Decker’s industrials segment is its smallest business unit by sales contribution.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) derives more than half of its tools and storage sales from the United States, making it the company’s largest regional market.

For fiscal 2015, Lincoln Electric (LECO) successfully gave back $486 million to its shareholders.

On top of being the market leader in the US, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) outlines several strategies to further consolidate its share in this lucrative market.

Black & Decker was eventually merged with Stanley Works in 2010 to form the Stanley Black & Decker company (SWK).

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), a Fortune 500 company, is the world’s leading tool company. It provides a wide array of products to the construction (XHB) and automobile (FSAVX) end markets.