---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093556-22-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:37:49.650849+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker Q3 adj EPS $0.76 misses; cuts FY22 adj EPS guidance to $4.15–$4.65

## Summary
- Revenue $4.1B (+9% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.24, adj EPS $0.76 vs $2.30 prior year.
- Gross margin 24.7%, down 760 bps YoY; operating margin ex-charges 6.2%.
- Tools & Outdoor segment profit rate ex-charges 6.8% vs 15.5% last year; Industrial 11.1% vs 7.2%.
- Cost program delivered $65M savings in Q3, $290M inventory reduction; targeting $1B savings by end 2023.
- FY22 GAAP EPS guidance cut to $0.10-$0.80 from $0.80-$2.05; adj EPS cut to $4.15-$4.65 from $5.00-$6.00.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093556-22-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355622000042/0000093556-22-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355622000042/swk-20221027.htm

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