---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093556-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:42:36.657090+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker Q4 GAAP loss $1.84/share; guides FY2024 adjusted EPS $3.50-$4.50

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $3.74B, down 6% YoY; full-year revenue $15.78B, down 7%.
- Q4 GAAP EPS from cont ops ($1.84); adjusted EPS $0.92. Full-year GAAP EPS ($1.88); adj EPS $1.45.
- Q4 gross margin 29.6% (adj 29.8%), up 10.7 pts YoY; full-year free cash flow $853M.
- Tools & Outdoor segment margin 9.3% (adj 10.0%), up 900 bps YoY; Industrial margin 11.2%.
- Guides FY2024 GAAP EPS $1.60-$2.85, adjusted EPS $3.50-$4.50; FCF $0.6B-$0.8B. Infrastructure divestiture for $760M expected close Q1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093556-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355624000006/0000093556-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355624000006/swk-20240201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093556-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. updated its fourth quarter and full year 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: worldwide leader in tools and outdoor, today announced fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results. • Full Year Revenues of $15.8 Billion and Fourth Quarter Revenues of $3.7 Billion, Down Versus Prior Year Primarily Due to Lower Outdoor and DIY Volume as well as Infrastructure Customer Destocking • Fourth Quarter Gross Margin Was 29.6%, Up 10.7 Points Versus
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355624000006/0000093556-24-000006-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. updated its fourth quarter and full year 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 1, 2024, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. issued a press release announcing fourth quarter and full year 2023 results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355624000006/0000093556-24-000006-index.htm

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