Down 61% From Its All-Time High, Could This Beaten-Down Dividend King Stock Finally Turn the Corner in 2025?

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is a tool-maker titan. It owns well-known brands DeWalt, Craftsman, Irwin, and LENOX, and, of course, Stanley and Black & Decker. But the stock has been in the doghouse. It's down 61.7% from its all-time high (reached in 2021) and up less than 21% from its 10-year low reached on March 19, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19-induced stock market plunge.The sell-off may come as a surprise, since Stanley Black & Decker is a Dividend King with a 3.9% yield and 56 consecutive years of dividend raises. Dividend Kings tend to be reliable companies with growing earnings to justify steadily raising their payouts. Here's why the company could be under more pressure in the near term, but may ultimately be worth buying for patient investors.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool