All Posts Tagged With: "SWK"
(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 10/14/11 While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500. Thus, by the end of the week we will have a very...
17Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview – Detailed
Earnings Preview 7/15/11 Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are in the S&P 500. By next Friday we should have a very good handle on how the overall...
18Jul2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Black & Decker to Acquire Niscayah
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) recently proposed to acquire Sweden based Niscayah for SEK7.6 billion or roughly $1.2 billion. Stanley currently has a 5.8% stake in Niscayah, which was acquired through the company’s wholly-owned Swedish subsidiary. Stanley would offer SEK18...
29Jun2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Black & Decker Beats Forecasts – Outlook Strong
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2011 with earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.08, up from 70 cents in the year-ago comparable quarter. EPS also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00. GAAP EPS,...
3May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(CBE) Cooper Industries Beats The Street
Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) reported its first-quarter 2011 earnings per share from continuing operations of 93 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 84 cents. The company outperformed the prior-year earnings per share by 33%. During the quarter, the company achieved...
3May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Black & Decker Acquires CRC-Evans International
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) announced the acquisition of CRC-Evans International for roughly $445 million in a cash transaction from a consortium of investors led by Natural Gas Partners, a private equity firm. CRC-Evans International, with approximately $250 million revenue...
1Aug2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Black & Decker’s Second Quarter Earnings Surpass Estimate
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) has reported financial results for the second quarter of 2010. Earnings per share from continuing operations were $1.24, up 39.3% compared with 89 cents in the comparable quarter of 2009. EPS surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 77 cents. Net...
22Jul2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Acquires Black & Decker
A few months back, The Stanley Works announced the acquisition of Black & Decker Corporation (BDK), and has recently completed the merger. According to the agreement, each outstanding share of BDK will be converted into 1.275 shares of Stanley Works. Stanley’s shareholders...
31Mar2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(BDK) Black & Decker Corporation Outperforms Expectations
Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) reported fourth-quarter earnings of 55 cents per share compared to 72 cents in the fourth quarter of 2008. The reported quarter earnings include $58.8 million of pre-tax expenses related to the proposed merger with The Stanley Works (SWK),...
4Feb2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) The Stanley Works Beats Earnings Consensus
The Stanley Works (SWK) announced decent results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2009. For the fourth quarter of 2009, Stanley reported an EPS of $0.67 compared to $0.05 in the year-ago quarter. Reported EPS for the quarter was below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.76....
27Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(LYTS) Housing Starts and Building Permits Rebound
This morning’s release of data on Building Permits and Housing Starts show that the housing sector rebounded in November after an awful October. Looking first at Housing Starts, they rose by 8.9% to an annual rate of 574,000 up from 527,000 in October. The October number for...
16Dec2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) Stanley Works Acquires Black & Decker Corporation
Stanley Works (SWK) and Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create Stanley Black & Decker, an $8.4 billion global tool maker. The Board of Directors of both companies approved an all-stock transaction valued at approximately...
3Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(SWK) The Stanley Works Beats Consensus
Today before the market open, The Stanley Works (SWK) reported results for the third quarter of 2009. During the quarter, net income was $60.4 million, or 75 cents per share, down 63% from $163 million, or $2.04 per share, in the third quarter of 2008. The 2008 quarter included...
21Oct2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued