---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093556-24-000179"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:33:08.946854+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker Q3 adj EPS $1.22; guides FY adj EPS $3.90-$4.30

## Summary
- Revenue $3.75B (-5% YoY) with Tools & Outdoor -3%, Industrial -18% due to infrastructure divestiture.
- GAAP EPS $0.60; adjusted EPS $1.22. Gross margin 29.9% (+310 bps); adjusted 30.5%.
- Operating cash flow $286M; free cash flow ~$200M. $100M debt reduction in Q3.
- Narrowed FY GAAP EPS to $1.15-$1.75, adj EPS to $3.90-$4.30; FCF reiterated $650M-$850M.
- Supply chain transformation generated $1.4B cumulative run-rate savings; targeting $2B by end of 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093556-24-000179
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-29T23:59:59+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/93556/000009355624000179/0000093556-24-000179-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355624000179/swk-20241029.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093556-24-000179.txt

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