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Stanley Black (SWK) Beats On Q2 Earnings, Hikes '21 View
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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK - Free Report) has delivered better-than-expected results for second-quarter 2021. Its earnings surpassed estimates by 6.6%, whereas sales exceeded the same by 2.3%. The quarter’s earnings beat was the company’s tenth consecutive quarter of impressive results.
Earnings, excluding acquisition-related charges and other one-time impacts, were $3.08 per share in the quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.89. Earnings increased 92.5% from the year-ago quarter’s $1.60 per share on the back of improved sales performance and margins.
Revenue Details
In the quarter under review, the company’s net sales were $4,300.9 million, reflecting a 36.6% increase from the year-ago quarter. The results benefitted 31% from volume increase and 2% from favorable pricing. Foreign-currency translation too had a positive impact of 5%. Divestitures had an adverse impact of 1%.
The company’s top line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,203 million.
Stanley Black reports revenues under three segments. A brief discussion on the quarterly results is provided below:
Tools & Storage’s revenues totaled $3,196.5 million, representing 74.3% of net revenues in the quarter under review. On a year-over-year basis, the segment’s revenues increased 45.5%, driven by a 38% gain from volume, 3% growth from favorable pricing and a 5% favorable impact from foreign currency translation.
The Industrial segment generated revenues of $602.2 million, accounting for 14% of the net revenues in the reported quarter. Revenues grew 16.4% year over year as volume contributed 13% to sales growth and foreign-currency movements had a positive impact of 3%. Favorable pricing had a positive impact of 1%, while divestitures of the oil & gas product line had an adverse impact of 1%.
The Security segment’s revenues, representing 11.7% of net revenues, increased 16.1% year over year to $502.2 million. Favorable impacts of 6% from foreign-currency movements, 1% from acquisitions, 13% from volume and 1% from price realization were partially offset by a 5% negative impact from divestitures.
Margin Profile
In the reported quarter, Stanley Black’s cost of sales (normalized) increased 31.7% year over year to $2,755.2 million. It represented 64.1% of the quarter’s net sales versus 66.5% in the year-ago quarter. Gross profit (normalized) increased 46.5% year over year to $1,545.7 million. Gross margin grew 240 basis points (bps) to 35.9%.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 34.5% year over year to $878 million. It represented 20.4% of net sales in the reported quarter versus 20.7% in the year-ago quarter. Operating profits (normalized) increased 65.9% year over year to $667.7 million, whereas margin increased 270 bps to 15.5%, driven by innovation, price, volume and margin resiliency.
Adjusted tax rate in the reported quarter was 14.8% compared with the year-ago quarter figure of 15%.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Exiting the second quarter of 2021, Stanley Black had cash and cash equivalents of $440.4 million, decreasing 53.6% from $949.2 million recorded in the last reported quarter. Long-term debt (net of current portions) of $4,246.2 million was flat on a sequential basis.
In the quarter under review, the company generated net cash of $444.4 million from its operating activities against $328.2 million used in the year-ago quarter. Capital spending totaled $105.1 million versus $64.5 million in the second quarter of 2020. Free cash flow in the quarter was $339.3 million as compared with $263.7 million in the year-ago quarter.
In the reported quarter, Stanley Black paid out cash dividends of $111.6 million, up 5.5% from the previous year’s quarter. It invested $2.4 million for purchasing a common stock for treasury, representing an increase from $0.3 million in the year-ago quarter.
As communicated by the company on Jul 21, its board of directors hiked the quarterly dividend rate by 13% or 9 cents to 79 cents per share. The revised dividend is payable Sep 21 to shareholders of record as of Sep 7.
Outlook
In the quarters ahead, Stanley Black anticipates benefiting from improving market conditions, focus on innovation, margin resiliency program and capacity investment. Growing preferences for healthy and safety, electrification, and home and garden products are likely tailwinds. A surge in the business from the e-commerce platform is proving advantageous.
The company has hiked its financial projections for 2021. It now anticipates adjusted earnings per share of $11.35-$11.65, higher than $10.70-$11.00 per share. The improved projection suggests gains from organic growth (16-18% on a year-over-year basis) and incremental pricing, partially offset by commodity inflation and higher transit costs.
Free cash flow is expected to be in line with the net income.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
In the past 60 days, earnings estimates for Enerpac Tool and Lincoln Electric have improved for the current year, while have decreased for Kennametal. Further, earnings surprise for the last reported quarter was 64.71% Enerpac Tool, 52.38% for Kennametal and 16.10% for Lincoln Electric.
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Stanley Black (SWK) Beats On Q2 Earnings, Hikes '21 View
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK - Free Report) has delivered better-than-expected results for second-quarter 2021. Its earnings surpassed estimates by 6.6%, whereas sales exceeded the same by 2.3%. The quarter’s earnings beat was the company’s tenth consecutive quarter of impressive results.
Earnings, excluding acquisition-related charges and other one-time impacts, were $3.08 per share in the quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.89. Earnings increased 92.5% from the year-ago quarter’s $1.60 per share on the back of improved sales performance and margins.
Revenue Details
In the quarter under review, the company’s net sales were $4,300.9 million, reflecting a 36.6% increase from the year-ago quarter. The results benefitted 31% from volume increase and 2% from favorable pricing. Foreign-currency translation too had a positive impact of 5%. Divestitures had an adverse impact of 1%.
The company’s top line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,203 million.
Stanley Black reports revenues under three segments. A brief discussion on the quarterly results is provided below:
Tools & Storage’s revenues totaled $3,196.5 million, representing 74.3% of net revenues in the quarter under review. On a year-over-year basis, the segment’s revenues increased 45.5%, driven by a 38% gain from volume, 3% growth from favorable pricing and a 5% favorable impact from foreign currency translation.
The Industrial segment generated revenues of $602.2 million, accounting for 14% of the net revenues in the reported quarter. Revenues grew 16.4% year over year as volume contributed 13% to sales growth and foreign-currency movements had a positive impact of 3%. Favorable pricing had a positive impact of 1%, while divestitures of the oil & gas product line had an adverse impact of 1%.
The Security segment’s revenues, representing 11.7% of net revenues, increased 16.1% year over year to $502.2 million. Favorable impacts of 6% from foreign-currency movements, 1% from acquisitions, 13% from volume and 1% from price realization were partially offset by a 5% negative impact from divestitures.
Margin Profile
In the reported quarter, Stanley Black’s cost of sales (normalized) increased 31.7% year over year to $2,755.2 million. It represented 64.1% of the quarter’s net sales versus 66.5% in the year-ago quarter. Gross profit (normalized) increased 46.5% year over year to $1,545.7 million. Gross margin grew 240 basis points (bps) to 35.9%.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 34.5% year over year to $878 million. It represented 20.4% of net sales in the reported quarter versus 20.7% in the year-ago quarter. Operating profits (normalized) increased 65.9% year over year to $667.7 million, whereas margin increased 270 bps to 15.5%, driven by innovation, price, volume and margin resiliency.
Adjusted tax rate in the reported quarter was 14.8% compared with the year-ago quarter figure of 15%.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Exiting the second quarter of 2021, Stanley Black had cash and cash equivalents of $440.4 million, decreasing 53.6% from $949.2 million recorded in the last reported quarter. Long-term debt (net of current portions) of $4,246.2 million was flat on a sequential basis.
In the quarter under review, the company generated net cash of $444.4 million from its operating activities against $328.2 million used in the year-ago quarter. Capital spending totaled $105.1 million versus $64.5 million in the second quarter of 2020. Free cash flow in the quarter was $339.3 million as compared with $263.7 million in the year-ago quarter.
In the reported quarter, Stanley Black paid out cash dividends of $111.6 million, up 5.5% from the previous year’s quarter. It invested $2.4 million for purchasing a common stock for treasury, representing an increase from $0.3 million in the year-ago quarter.
As communicated by the company on Jul 21, its board of directors hiked the quarterly dividend rate by 13% or 9 cents to 79 cents per share. The revised dividend is payable Sep 21 to shareholders of record as of Sep 7.
Outlook
In the quarters ahead, Stanley Black anticipates benefiting from improving market conditions, focus on innovation, margin resiliency program and capacity investment. Growing preferences for healthy and safety, electrification, and home and garden products are likely tailwinds. A surge in the business from the e-commerce platform is proving advantageous.
The company has hiked its financial projections for 2021. It now anticipates adjusted earnings per share of $11.35-$11.65, higher than $10.70-$11.00 per share. The improved projection suggests gains from organic growth (16-18% on a year-over-year basis) and incremental pricing, partially offset by commodity inflation and higher transit costs.
Free cash flow is expected to be in line with the net income.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
With a market capitalization of $33 billion, Stanley Black currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Some better-ranked stocks in the industry are Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (EPAC - Free Report) , Kennametal Inc. (KMT - Free Report) and Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO - Free Report) . All the companies presently carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
In the past 60 days, earnings estimates for Enerpac Tool and Lincoln Electric have improved for the current year, while have decreased for Kennametal. Further, earnings surprise for the last reported quarter was 64.71% Enerpac Tool, 52.38% for Kennametal and 16.10% for Lincoln Electric.