Guardian Wealth Advisors LLC Has $263,000 Stake in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK)

Guardian Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its position in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) by 6.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,280 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 238 shares during the period. Guardian Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Stanley Black & Decker were worth $263,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Stanley Black & Decker during the 2nd quarter worth $762,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Stanley Black & Decker during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $343,000. Czech National Bank raised its stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 7.0% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 31,363 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,454,000 after buying an additional 2,040 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Stanley Black & Decker by 52.8% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,343 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $368,000 after acquiring an additional 1,155 shares during the period. Finally, Atomi Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Stanley Black & Decker by 45.2% in the 3rd quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,792 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $418,000 after buying an additional 1,180 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.77% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on SWK shares. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Stanley Black & Decker from $94.00 to $107.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Stanley Black & Decker from $100.00 to $94.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Citigroup dropped their target price on Stanley Black & Decker from $135.00 to $118.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Stanley Black & Decker from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Stanley Black & Decker presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $103.11.

Stanley Black & Decker Stock Performance

Shares of SWK opened at $86.00 on Friday. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has a 1-year low of $77.70 and a 1-year high of $110.88. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $84.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $93.52.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.21. Stanley Black & Decker had a negative net margin of 1.33% and a positive return on equity of 6.44%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. will post 4.14 earnings per share for the current year.

Stanley Black & Decker Profile

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc engages in the provision of power and hand tools, and related accessories, products, services and equipment for oil and gas, infrastructure applications, commercial electronic security and monitoring systems, healthcare solutions, and mechanical access solutions. It operates through the Tools and Storage segment, and Industrial segment.