Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) Stock

About Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. is led by CEO Christopher A. O'Herlihy, employs 44,000 people, headquartered in Glenview, US, publicly traded since 1973.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) stock trades at $275.75 with a market capitalization of $78.53B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.83, price-to-book of 27.15, price-to-sales of 4.79. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $238.82 and $303.16, and currently trades 9.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.51%.

On profitability, Illinois Tool Works Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 101.74%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 41.38%, an operating margin of 26.42%, a net profit margin of 19.39%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Illinois Tool Works Inc. reported annual revenue of $16.0B, net profit of $3.1B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 5.0%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 7.8%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.35 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.21, total assets of $16.1B, $851.0M in cash and equivalents.

ITW has an average daily trading volume of 1,331,425 shares, a beta of 1.00.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Illinois Tool Works Inc. reported revenue of $13.6B rising to $16.0B, a change of +18.0% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 5.0% a year over five years, 0.2% over three, 0.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $3.1B.

Operating margin went from 22.5% in 2016 to 26.3% in 2025, a gain of 3.8 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 19.39%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $16.5B and net profit $3.2B.

Borrowings rose from $7.8B to $9.0B, cash from operations was $3.1B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 94.2% over five years, and was 95.1% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 6.5% a year over five years, 4.9% over three, 13.5% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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