Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Earnings: Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended October 3, 2026 and Stanley Black & Decker published the results on November 4, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 fiscal 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Stanley Black & Decker reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and adjusted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Q3 fiscal 2026 results include a pre-tax gain of $180.7 million in cost of sales from refunds of IEEPA tariffs, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled those tariffs invalid on February 20, 2026. Stanley Black & Decker says net tariff refunds added about $0.67 to both GAAP and adjusted EPS and about 430 basis points to gross margin.
• Stanley Black & Decker sold its Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) business on April 6, 2026, so Engineered Fastening's Q3 sales exclude CAM. The gain on that sale is why Q2 fiscal 2026 GAAP EPS ($2.33) was above that quarter's adjusted EPS.
• Fiscal 2026 began January 4, 2026; Q3 fiscal 2026 ended October 3, 2026.

Source: Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 results, November 4, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 3, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Stanley Black & Decker splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 fiscal 2026 against Q3 fiscal 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Stanley Black & Decker's Tools & Outdoor revenue was $3.3 billion in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 2% from $3.3 billion in Q3 fiscal 2025, 89% of total revenue.
• Stanley Black & Decker's Engineered Fastening revenue was $396 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, down 21% from $501 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, 11% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

Stanley Black & Decker also raised and tightened its 2026 adjusted EPS range to $5.95 to $6.25, from $5.20 to $5.80, and now expects free cash flow of $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion, up from $600 million to $800 million. The prior GAAP EPS range was $4.60 to $5.45.

In its Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Stanley Black & Decker said:

“The Company is raising 2026 GAAP EPS to be in the range of $5.45 to $5.85”

“These ranges represent year over year growth of 113% and 31%, respectively, at the midpoint of each range as compared to 2025 performance.”

Source: Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Nov 4, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the SWK forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

Net sales and GAAP diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release and financial tables.

Stanley Black & Decker's next report is expected around February 3, 2027, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q3 fiscal 2026 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 fiscal 2026 (this page), reported Nov 4, 2026

Stanley Black & Decker has two segments. In Q3 fiscal 2026 Tools & Outdoor, which covers power tools, hand tools, accessories and storage, and outdoor power equipment under brands such as DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN and STANLEY, had net sales of $3,336.1 million. Engineered Fastening had $395.5 million. Total net sales were $3,731.6 million, down 1% from $3,756.0 million. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 financial tables (Exhibit 99.2), Nov 4, 2026; Stanley Black & Decker Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026)

Organic sales rose 4%. Volume added 6%, while pricing took off 2% and portfolio changes 4%, with currency flat. Stanley Black & Decker said the volume came mainly from U.S. retail and commercial & industrial channels in Tools & Outdoor. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Tools & Outdoor sales were up 2%: volume added 7%, pricing took off 3% and the move to a licensing model for gas walk-behind outdoor products took off 2%. North America sales rose 3%, or 6% organically. Engineered Fastening sales fell 21% because of the CAM divestiture, which accounted for 22 points of the decline; organic revenue there rose 2%, with automotive results below expectations. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Sales are concentrated in the United States and in two retailers. U.S. net sales were $2,292.4 million in the quarter and Europe $725.8 million. In its 10-K Stanley Black & Decker says The Home Depot accounted for about 15% of 2025 net sales and Lowe's about 12%. (Stanley Black & Decker Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026; Stanley Black & Decker Form 10-K, fiscal 2025, Feb 24, 2026)

Stanley Black & Decker's GAAP diluted EPS was $1.83 in Q3 fiscal 2026 and adjusted EPS $2.31, against $0.34 and $1.43 a year earlier. Both figures include a benefit of about $0.67 from net tariff refunds. The 10-Q puts the pre-tax IEEPA refund gain at $180.7 million in cost of sales, offset by $48.2 million of related incentive pay and growth investment costs. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Stanley Black & Decker Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026)

The $0.48 gap between GAAP and adjusted EPS came from $89.3 million of pre-tax non-GAAP adjustments: restructuring charges of $29.5 million, an asset impairment charge of $19.7 million, a $20.4 million loss on the sale of a small Engineered Fastening business, and footprint-related costs. The year-ago quarter carried an asset impairment charge of $169.1 million. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 financial tables (Exhibit 99.2), Nov 4, 2026)

The tax rate was 24.0%, and 23.3% on an adjusted basis. Diluted weighted-average shares fell to 148,626 thousand from 151,958 thousand. Stanley Black & Decker bought back about 2.5 million shares for about $250 million in the quarter, using up its April 2026 authorization, and its board approved a new $1 billion authorization on October 29, 2026. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 financial tables (Exhibit 99.2), Nov 4, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Stanley Black & Decker raised its 2026 guidance in the release. GAAP EPS is now expected at $5.45 to $5.85, up from $4.60 to $5.45, and adjusted EPS at $5.95 to $6.25, up from $5.20 to $5.80. At the midpoints those ranges are 113% and 31% above 2025. Free cash flow is now expected at $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion, up from $600 million to $800 million, including the tariff refunds realized so far and projected taxes and fees on the CAM sale. (Stanley Black & Decker Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

The 10-Q cautions that there is no guarantee refunds beyond those realized through Q3 will be received, and that any further refunds would likely bring added obligations such as incentive pay and taxes. (Stanley Black & Decker Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Stanley Black & Decker's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 fiscal 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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