Forensic Analysis · Machinery & Fabricated Metal Products · as of Nov 9, 2026

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK)

A forensic read on Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.4

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

4.5%

ROE

-1.5%

Revenue growth

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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.4, placing it in the Grey zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

5.0%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 5.0% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2023–FY2025 from 0.8%. After-tax operating profit was $145M in FY2023 and $841M in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $17.3B in FY2023 to $16.7B in FY2025 (-4%), while the revenue it carried went from $15.8B to $15.1B. FY2023's operating profit carried a $275M asset write-down and a $39M restructuring charge that took about 1.4 points off that year's return, and FY2025's carried a $190M asset write-down and a $89M restructuring charge that took about 1.5 points off the latest; so, net of each other, the two charges take about 0.1 points off the +4.2-point change across FY2023–FY2025. FY2024's operating profit carried a $100M restructuring charge and a $72M asset write-down that alone took about 0.9 points off that year's return; FY2024 sits between the two ends of FY2023–FY2025, so the charge shapes the path between them without moving the change across it. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$15.13B

Revenue Growth YoY-1.5%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-2.1%

Net Margin2.7%

Free Cash Flow$687.9M

Return on Equity4.5%

Debt / Equity0.58x

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