Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) To Post Q2 Earnings: What's Up?

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) is slated to report second-quarter 2019 results on Jul 23, before the market opens.

The company delivered better-than-expected results in three of the last four quarters while recorded in-line results once. Average earnings surprise was a positive 14.67%. In the last reported quarter, its earnings of $1.42 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.10.

In the last three months, shares of the company edged down 2% compared with the industry’s decline of 4.2%.

Let us see how things are shaping up for Stanley Black & Decker this quarter.

Factors Likely to Influence Q2 Results

The company has a solid product portfolio, with demand growing for Craftsman, Lenox, Irwin and DeWalt FlexVolt products. This, along with innovation of products, business expansion in international arenas and share buyback activities, has been benefiting Stanley Black & Decker in the past quarters and must have added value in the second quarter as well. Likewise, its e-commerce business, cost-saving actions and acquired assets might have supported revenue growth in the quarter.

On the flip side, tariff woes, unfavorable movements in foreign currencies and commodity inflation (net of positive impacts of pricing) remain concerning. Gross margin in the first quarter of the year suffered due to these external headwinds. We believe that similar picture is quite likely for the second quarter as the company predicts that it will witness adverse impact of $340 million from these headwinds in the year.

In addition to these company-specific factors, we believe that industrial tool makers are gaining from infrastructure investments, use of sophisticated technologies in manufacturing process, favorable policy changes in the country, and new construction and remodeling activities. However, slower pace of growth in industrial production might be concerning.

In the second quarter of 2019, earnings per share for the company are predicted to be roughly 29.5% of the year’s guidance. Adjusted earnings for the year are anticipated to be $8.50-$8.70 per share.

For the Tools & Storage segment, Stanley Black & Decker anticipates organic revenues to grow in a mid-single digit for 2019. Growth prospects are strong for this segment. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the segment’s revenues for the second quarter is pegged at $2,675 million, suggesting growth of 4.2% from the year-ago reported figure. Segmental profits might suffer from adverse impacts of external headwinds.

For the Industrial segment, the company expects organic sales to decline modestly in 2019. Results might suffer from softness in the automotive end market while benefits from acquired assets will be advantageous. Further, transformational activities will likely influence the Security segment’s results, with organic sales growth likely to be in a low-single digit.

For the second quarter of 2019, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Industrial revenues is pegged at $646 million, indicating 12.7% growth from the year-ago figure. Moreover, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Security revenues is pegged at $493 million, suggesting a decline of 2% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure and growth of 1.4% from the previous quarter.

Earnings Whispers

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The case with Stanley Black & Decker has been provided below.

Earnings ESP: The company has an Earnings ESP of -0.31%, with the Most Accurate Estimate of $2.54 below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.55.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise