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 $264.71 with a market capitalization of $76.16B. 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 12.7% 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% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, 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, revenue has compounded at 5.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 7.8% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.35 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 1.21, total assets of $16.1B, $851.0M in cash and equivalents.

ITW has a beta of 1.00.