Stanley Black & Decker

SWK

Market cap $12.8B

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Technological progress, digitization and strategic acquisitions favor the Zacks Manufacturing-Tools & Related Products industry's near-term prospects. SWK, CNM, KMT and EPAC are some promising stocks in the industry.

Stanley Black & Decker is on course to witness a second calendar year of negative returns, while also underperforming its industrial and broader peers from the S&P 500. SWK is not yet flourishing, as conditions in its key end markets look mixed, particularly the residential construction markets. Yet, SWK's margin expansion is on track, with gross margins expected to reach 35% by end of next year, aided by greater pricing, cost reductions, and supply chain localization.

The aerospace parts suppliers Heico and Howmet are moving toward buy points, as Wall Street eyes a good year for the industry.

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) jumped Monday after the company announced an agreement to sell its Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing business to aircraft metal components manufacturer Howmet Aerospace (HWM) for $1.8 billion in cash.

Tooling giant Stanley Black & Decker is selling its aerospace unit to Howmet Aerospace. The non-core asset sale is expected to raise $1.8 billion in cash.

Howmet Aerospace will buy aircraft fastener maker Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing from Stanley Black & Decker for an all-cash price of about $1.8 billion, the companies said on Monday.