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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.12%, EPS grew 10.5%, free cash flow grew 39.7% and total debt rose 8.47%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

272.38 1.19 +0.44%
Market cap
$77.2B
P/E
24.6×
Fwd P/E
22.3×
Dividend yield
2.40%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
7.88
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
76/100

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) Return on invested capital

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Illinois Tool Works Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 23.2%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.7% (fiscal 2015) to 26.1% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.36% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.30%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 23.2% (2.82)
FY2024 26.1% 1.08
FY2023 25.0% 1.62
FY2022 23.4% 1.14
FY2021 22.2% 1.60
FY2020 20.6% (3.53)
FY2019 24.1% (0.38)
FY2018 24.5% 2.35
FY2017 22.2% 2.31
FY2016 19.9% 1.12

Against its own ten years

Low 18.7% High 26.1%
Ten-year median 23.2%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 69.4%
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. 23.2%
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. compare 14.7%
CMI Cummins Inc. compare 14.4%
PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation compare 13.4%
AME AMETEK, Inc. compare 9.95%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. compare 9.33%
ETN Eaton Corporation, PLC compare 8.71%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 6.48%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.36%
Industrials sector median 2.30%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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