V Square Quantitative Management LLC Has $333,000 Holdings in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK)

V Square Quantitative Management LLC grew its holdings in Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) by 20.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,142 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 695 shares during the period. V Square Quantitative Management LLC’s holdings in Stanley Black & Decker were worth $333,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ridgewood Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Crews Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,000. R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Waldron Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Stanley Black & Decker in the third quarter valued at approximately $59,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Stanley Black & Decker by 363.8% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 654 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 513 shares during the last quarter. 87.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $121.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 7th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $135.00 to $118.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price 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. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Stanley Black & Decker from $107.00 to $98.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Mizuho upgraded shares of Stanley Black & Decker from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $110.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $103.00.

Stanley Black & Decker Price Performance

NYSE:SWK opened at $87.18 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $83.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.21. The company has a market cap of $13.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.24. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has a one year low of $77.70 and a one year high of $110.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.30 and a quick ratio of 0.42.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.21. Stanley Black & Decker had a net margin of 1.92% and a return on equity of 7.50%. Equities analysts expect that Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. will post 5.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Stanley Black & Decker Company 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.