Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. ( SWK ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 08, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.63 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 20, 2018. Shareholders who purchased SWK prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that SWK has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of SWK was $153.49, representing a -13.1% decrease from the 52 week high of $176.62 and a 20.43% increase over the 52 week low of $127.45.
SWK is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as ASML Holding N.V. ( ASML ) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc ( TMO ). SWK's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $8.05. Zacks Investment Research reports SWK's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 13.13%, compared to an industry average of 25.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the SWK Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to SWK through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have SWK as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is PWB with an increase of 10.32% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of SWK at 1.35%.
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