Illinois Tool Works Inc.

ITW Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Illinois Tool Works Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.0 billion, up 0.92% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.36%
EPS
+6.53%
Free cash flow
−5.57%
Total debt
+4.81%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

285.33 8.12 −2.77%
Market cap
$81.1B
P/E
25.4×
Fwd P/E
24.3×
Dividend yield
2.30%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
7.88
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
76/100

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) Return on assets

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Illinois Tool Works Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.8%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.6% (fiscal 2017) to 22.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 4.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 19.6% (3.17)
FY2024 22.8% 3.70
FY2023 19.1% (0.15)
FY2022 19.3% 2.26
FY2021 17.0% 3.25
FY2020 13.8% (3.09)
FY2019 16.8% 0.64
FY2018 16.2% 5.65
FY2017 10.6% (2.61)
FY2016 13.2% 1.72

Against its own ten years

Low 10.6% High 22.8%
Ten-year median 16.8%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. 19.8%
GEV GE Vernova Inc. compare 14.8%
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. compare 10.8%
PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation compare 10.3%
CMI Cummins Inc. compare 9.45%
AME AMETEK, Inc. compare 8.46%
ETN Eaton Corporation, PLC compare 7.94%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 7.53%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. compare 6.41%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 4.51%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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