ITW · Illinois Tool Works Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $77.55B |
| P/E | 24.28 |
| Float | 286.6M |
| Beta | 0.96 |
| Volatility | 24.0% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Machinery |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 85.0 |
| Price | 270.68 |
| Change | −0.59% |
| Prev Close | 272.28 |
| Open | 273.23 |
| Day Low | 270.88 |
| Day High | 276.19 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $342.1M |
| 52W High | 303.16 |
| 52W Low | 238.82 |
| 52W Pos | 49.5% |
| From High | −10.71% |
| From Low | +13.34% |
| Max DD 1Y | −17.95% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +1.28% |
| SMA 50 | −1.23% |
| SMA 200 | +0.46% |
| RSI (14) | 55.5 |
| Vol 30D | 19.4% |
| Vol 90D | 21.7% |
| 1Y Range | 239–303 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +3.09% |
| Perf Month | +1.78% |
| Perf Quarter | +0.22% |
| Perf Half Y | +0.01% |
| Perf Year | +9.93% |
| Perf YTD | +8.49% |
| Prev Day | −0.59% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.93 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.21 |
| Int Cover | 14.6× |
| FCF Margin | 16.9% |
| Rev Growth | +0.9% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 3 / 23 |
What ITW does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayITW grades A-, 85.0 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (72), most exposed on News Sentiment (56, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Machinery median. Ranks 3 of 23 in Machinery by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| ITW | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.96 | 1.09 |
| Volatilityannualized | 24.0% | 27.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −18.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.73% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 9 (4%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| ITW | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.96 | 1.09 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 67% of 24 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Machinery names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| ITW | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.1% |
| 1 month | +1.8% |
| Year to date | +8.5% |
| 1 year | +9.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| ITW | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 4 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 49 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 14 · 16 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 14 ↑ 16 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 24 Machinery names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| ITW | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +0.9% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Machinery median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openIllinois Tool Works had a rough October as several analyst firms cut their price targets or downgraded the stock, including a $80 price target reduction from JPMorgan. The article says the negative analyst moves reflect concerns about where ITW sits in the industrial sector heading into year-end, not weakness in ITW's business itself, and points to two alternative stocks as better positioned.
Risk looks worse after ITW DCF Analysis: Intrinsic Value $151 vs Price $266 - GuruFocus.
Zacks Research lowered its earnings-per-share estimate for Illinois Tool Works' first quarter of 2028 in a research note issued on October 12th. The article text is cut off, so the new estimate figure is not provided.
An analyst at Zacks Research raised their earnings estimate for Illinois Tool Works for the third quarter of 2026 to $2.96 per share, according to a research note issued on October 12th.
ITW, which sells specialized equipment and components to automakers, restaurants, and manufacturers, saw its organic revenue growth (sales growth excluding acquisitions and currency effects) accelerate from 0.4% in Q1 to 4.5% in Q2, helped by recovering equipment investment. The article leaves open whether this reflects the company's innovation efforts or a broader industrial upturn.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| XYL | Xylem Inc | A- | $27.28B | 23.64 | 0.99 | Compare |
| OTIS | Otis Worldwide Corp | A- | $27.15B | 17.91 | 0.89 | Compare |
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