---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093556-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:14:13.360689+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker Q4 GAAP EPS ($0.72); FY23 adjusted EPS guidance $0.00-$2.00

## Summary
- Full year 2022 revenue $16.9B (+11%); Q4 revenue $4.0B flat; Q4 GAAP EPS ($0.72), adjusted diluted EPS ($0.10).
- Tools & Outdoor segment profit rate ex-charges 1.0% (vs 11.4% prior year); Industrial profit rate 11.5% (+220 bps YoY).
- Inventory reduced $500M in Q4; Q4 free cash flow $520M; debt reduced by $0.5B in the period.
- Global Cost Reduction Program: $200M savings in H2 2022; on track for $1B by end 2023, $2B by 2025.
- FY2023 guidance: GAAP EPS ($1.65)-$0.85; adjusted EPS $0.00-$2.00; free cash flow $0.5B-$1.0B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093556-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355623000003/0000093556-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355623000003/swk-20230202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093556-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. updated its fourth quarter and full year 2022 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2022
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 2, 2023, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. issued a press release announcing fourth quarter and full year 2022 results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355623000003/0000093556-23-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.