Dividend aristocrat Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (ISIN: US8545021011, NYSE: SWK) raises the dividend by 3 cents, or 4.5%, to $0.69 on a quarterly basis. The next payout will be on September 17th, 2019 (Record day: September 3rd, 2019).
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. started in 1877 with paying a dividend. Since then, 142 years of uninterrupted dividend payments have been made to shareholders. In the last 52 years, the distribution has been increased every year. At the current share price of $ 142.84, the dividend yield is 1.93%.
See below the SWK dividend payment history since 2005:
Stanley Black & Decker specializes in tools and safety technology. The current company was formed in November 2009, when Stanley Works announced the acquisition Black & Decker. For the first quarter of the fiscal year 2019, the company generated revenue of $ 3.33 billion (prior year: $ 3.21 billion), as reported on April 24. In the fiscal year 2018, sales amounted to 13.98 billion US dollars (previous year: 12.97 billion US dollars).
