Stock · ITW · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1987 · Revenue 12 mo. $16.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Illinois Tool Works Inc. provides industrial products and equipment in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and South America.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. provides industrial products and equipment in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and South America. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products. The Automotive OEM segment offers plastic and metal components, fasteners, and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks, and other industrial uses. The Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, cooking, refrigeration, and food processing equipment; kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems; and food equipment maintenance and repair services. The Test & Measurement and Electronics segment produce and sells test and measurement; and electronic manufacturing and maintenance, repair, and operations solutions. The Welding segment produces arc welding equipment, and metal arc welding consumables and related accessories. The Polymers & Fluids segment produces adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The Construction Products segment offers engineered fastening systems and solutions for the residential construction, renovation/remodel, and commercial construction markets. The Specialty Products segment provides beverage packaging equipment and consumables, product coding and marking equipment and consumables, and appliance components and fasteners. The company serves automotive OEM and aftermarket, commercial food equipment, construction, general industrial, industrial capital goods, consumer durables, and other markets, as well as MRO markets. It distributes its products directly to industrial manufacturers, as well as through independent distributors. Illinois Tool Works Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.
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Summary
54.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.4B (2025), it supports €27B. The remaining €41.8B of the market value assume it grows 13.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
13.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 24.2×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 22.9× to 25.6×, median 23.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 95.07% | 13.10% | Rank 99 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 117.18% | 19.33% | Rank 96 |
| EBIT margin | 26.28% | 11.28% | Rank 91 |
| FCF margin | 16.87% | 8.50% | Rank 86 |
| Gross margin | 44.10% | 28.98% | Rank 84 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 0.92% | 5.15% | Rank 27 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 2.41% | 8.01% | Rank 37 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 9.62% | 12.89% | Rank 36 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.61% | 4.02% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 3.73% | 4.42% | Rank 39 |
| FCF yield | 3.53% | 3.98% | Rank 42 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.29 | 2.08 | Rank 16 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 20.11 | 19.47 | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 5.40% | −0.01% | Rank 61 |
| Share price, 6 months | 10.76% | −1.43% | Rank 75 |
| Share price, 3 months | −0.16% | 0.53% | Rank 49 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.22% | −16.36% | Rank 83 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 2.95% | 1.39% | Rank 36 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.85% | −0.44% | Rank 70 |
| Dividend streak in years | 30 | 5 | Rank 97 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −0.77% | 0.27% | Rank 37 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 19.97% | 39.65% | Rank 12 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 1.74 | 1.38 | Rank 40 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 2.78 | 0.61 | Rank 6 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 21.62% | 32.95% | Rank 92 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13.6 | 22.5% | 2.0 | 357M | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 14.3 | 24.4% | 2.1 | 347M | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 14.8 | 24.3% | 2.4 | 337M | 5.9 |
| 2019 | 14.1 | 24.1% | 2.7 | 326M | 6.0 |
| 2020 | 12.6 | 22.9% | 2.6 | 318M | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 14.5 | 24.1% | 2.3 | 316M | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 15.9 | 23.8% | 1.9 | 311M | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 16.1 | 25.1% | 3.1 | 304M | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 15.9 | 26.8% | 2.8 | 298M | 7.1 |
| 2025 | 16.0 | 26.3% | 2.7 | 292M | 8.1 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Illinois Tool Works Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Illinois Tool Works Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Illinois Tool Works Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 26.8 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 25.5 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 95.1% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 20.0% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 2.78 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Incthis page | |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Company | Low3.6 |
| CMI | Cummins Inc | Low2.7 |
| AME | Ametek Inc | Low4.5 |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc | locked |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | locked |
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