Savings bolster Stanley’s dividend

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STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $92 remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (New York symbol SWK; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 153.1 million; Market cap: $14.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.stanleyblackanddecker.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of hand and power tools. With the September 2022 payment, Stanley raised your quarterly dividend by 1.3%. The company’s investors now receive $0.80 a share instead of $0.79. The new annual rate of $3.20 yields 3.5%. Stanley has lifted its dividend each year for the past 55 years. In 2022, Stanley announced a restructuring plan to lower its costs and improve efficiency. As part of that plan, it will close factories and shrink the number of products it makes. The company expects to achieve $1.5 billion in annual cost savings from this plan by the end of 2025. That should help it maintain its current dividend rate; those payments total about $500 million annually. Stanley Black &…