---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000093556-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2025-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:13:05.848112+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker Q4 adj EPS $1.49, organic sales +3%; FY25 adj EPS guidance $5.25

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $3.72B flat YoY; organic growth 3% driven by DEWALT and aerospace fasteners.
- Q4 gross margin 30.8% (adj 31.2%), up 140 bps YoY; full-year adj gross margin 30.0%.
- Full-year free cash flow $753M, debt reduced $1.1B; Q4 dividend $0.82/share.
- FY25 planning assumptions (ex-tariffs): GAAP EPS $4.05±$0.65, adj EPS $5.25±$0.50, FCF ~$750M.
- Global cost program generated $1.5B run-rate savings to date; target $2B by end 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000093556-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355625000002/0000093556-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355625000002/swk-20250205.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093556-25-000002
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000093556-25-000002.txt

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