NYSE:ITWIllinois Tool Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

Illinois Tool Works' stock was trading at $158.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ITW stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $174.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Illinois Tool Works in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $3.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.29 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a return on equity of 87.33% and a net margin of 18.06%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.81 earnings per share. View Illinois Tool Works' earnings history.

Illinois Tool Works declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View Illinois Tool Works' dividend history.

Illinois Tool Works announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, August 3rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

17 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Illinois Tool Works' stock. Their forecasts range from $143.00 to $180.00. On average, they anticipate Illinois Tool Works' share price to reach $159.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%. View analysts' price targets for Illinois Tool Works.

News coverage about ITW stock has trended negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Illinois Tool Works earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Illinois Tool Works.

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Illinois Tool Works trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ITW."

Illinois Tool Works' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.10%), Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Birch Capital Management LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Illinois Tool Works stock include Andrew Mines, Christopher A O'herlihy, Ernest Scott Santi, John R Hartnett, Juan Valls, Michael M Larsen, Michael R Zimmerman, Randall J Scheuneman, Richard H Lenny, Steven L Martindale and Sundaram Nagarajan. View institutional ownership trends for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Birch Capital Management LLC, and Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV. Company insiders that have sold Illinois Tool Works company stock in the last year include Andrew Mines, Christopher A O'herlihy, Ernest Scott Santi, John R Hartnett, Juan Valls, Michael M Larsen, Michael R Zimmerman, Randall J Scheuneman, and Steven L Martindale. View insider buying and selling activity for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Illinois Tool Works stock in the last two years include Ernest Scott Santi, and Richard H Lenny. View insider buying and selling activity for Illinois Tool Works.

Shares of ITW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ITW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $174.60.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $55.16 billion and generates $14.11 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.52 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.75 on an earnings per share basis. Illinois Tool Works employs 45,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Illinois Tool Works is www.itw.com.

Illinois Tool Works' mailing address is 155 HARLEM AVENUE, GLENVIEW IL, 60025. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 847-724-7500 or via email at [email protected]