TTM
7.8%
YoY change
−1.16pp
Trough year (2022)
5.4%
Peak year (2020)
14.9%
Latest annual
7.6%
Operating Margin history chart for Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 7.6%
Operating Margin change chart for Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −1.16pp
Operating Margin history table for Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 7.6% | -1.16pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.8% | +3.03pp | ||
| 2023 | 5.8% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2022 | 5.4% | -8.15pp | ||
| 2021 | 13.5% | -1.38pp | ||
| 2020 | 14.9% | +1.22pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.7% | +0.23pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.5% | -0.96pp | ||
| 2017 | 14.4% | -0.16pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.6% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2015 | 13.7% | -0.03pp | ||
| 2014 | 13.7% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2013 | 12.8% | -0.67pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.5% | -0.02pp | ||
| 2011 | 13.5% | +2.97pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.5% | -2.43pp | ||
| 2009 | 12.9% | +0.21pp | ||
| 2008 | 12.7% | -1.40pp | ||
| 2007 | 14.1% | +1.54pp | ||
| 2006 | 12.6% | -0.94pp | ||
| 2005 | 13.5% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2004 | 13.8% | +4.23pp | ||
| 2003 | 9.5% | -1.61pp | ||
| 2002 | 11.1% | -1.42pp | ||
| 2001 | 12.6% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2000 | 12.4% | +3.86pp | ||
| 1999 | 8.5% | -0.68pp | ||
| 1998 | 9.2% | -0.46pp | ||
| 1997 | 9.7% | -0.31pp | ||
| 1996 | 10.0% | +0.73pp | ||
| 1995 | 9.3% | -1.36pp | ||
| 1994 | 10.6% | +1.47pp | ||
| 1993 | 9.1% | -0.24pp | ||
| 1992 | 9.4% | -1.12pp | ||
| 1991 | 10.5% | -0.70pp | ||
| 1990 | 11.2% | -1.18pp | ||
| 1989 | 12.4% | +0.90pp | ||
| 1988 | 11.5% | -0.51pp | ||
| 1987 | 12.0% | +0.18pp | ||
| 1986 | 11.8% | -0.71pp | ||
| 1985 | 12.5% | — |
- 20257.6%-1.16pp
- 20248.8%+3.03pp
- 20235.8%+0.37pp
- 20225.4%-8.15pp
- 202113.5%-1.38pp
- 202014.9%+1.22pp
- 201913.7%+0.23pp
- 201813.5%-0.96pp
- 201714.4%-0.16pp
- 201614.6%+0.92pp
- 201513.7%-0.03pp
- 201413.7%+0.92pp
- 201312.8%-0.67pp
- 201213.5%-0.02pp
- 201113.5%+2.97pp
- 201010.5%-2.43pp
- 200912.9%+0.21pp
- 200812.7%-1.40pp
- 200714.1%+1.54pp
- 200612.6%-0.94pp
- 200513.5%-0.23pp
- 200413.8%+4.23pp
- 20039.5%-1.61pp
- 200211.1%-1.42pp
- 200112.6%+0.15pp
- 200012.4%+3.86pp
- 19998.5%-0.68pp
- 19989.2%-0.46pp
- 19979.7%-0.31pp
- 199610.0%+0.73pp
- 19959.3%-1.36pp
- 199410.6%+1.47pp
- 19939.1%-0.24pp
- 19929.4%-1.12pp
- 199110.5%-0.70pp
- 199011.2%-1.18pp
- 198912.4%+0.90pp
- 198811.5%-0.51pp
- 198712.0%+0.18pp
- 198611.8%-0.71pp
- 198512.5%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Stanley Black & Decker's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
According to Stanley Black & Decker's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 7.8%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) came in at 7.62% – contracted 1.2 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 14.93% in 2020 and its low of 5.39% in 2022.
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin by Year
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin 2025: 7.6%
Stanley Black & Decker posted operating margin of 7.62% in 2025, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2024.
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin 2024: 8.8%
In 2024, Stanley Black & Decker reported operating margin of 8.78%, expanded 3.0 percentage points from 2023.
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin 2023: 5.8%
Stanley Black & Decker operating margin in 2023 was 5.76%, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2022.
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin 2022: 5.4%
2022's operating margin for Stanley Black & Decker came in at 5.39%, contracted 8.2 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Stanley Black & Decker Operating Margin 2021: 13.5%
Stanley Black & Decker operating margin in 2021 was 13.54%.
See more financial history for Stanley Black & Decker (SWK).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
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