NYSE:ITW - Illinois Tool Works Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Illinois Tool Works announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, October 9th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. This is an increase from Illinois Tool Works's previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. View Illinois Tool Works' Dividend History.

Illinois Tool Works declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, August 3rd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 26th. The industrial products company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $3.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.73 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a net margin of 17.17% and a return on equity of 76.17%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.97 earnings per share. View Illinois Tool Works' Earnings History.

Illinois Tool Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.55-7.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.90.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Illinois Tool Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $121.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Illinois Tool Works' stock price to reach $141.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Illinois Tool Works.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Illinois Tool Works in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Illinois Tool Works.

News coverage about ITW stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Illinois Tool Works earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,070,800 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the June 15th total of 7,400,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Illinois Tool Works' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Illinois Tool Works include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Gardner Denver (GDI), IMI PLC/S (IMIAY), Rexnord (RXN), Gates Industrial (GTES), Graham (GHM) and Twin Disc (TWIN).

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Illinois Tool Works' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.07%), BlackRock Inc. (6.26%), Northern Trust Corp (4.32%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.46%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.64%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%). Company insiders that own Illinois Tool Works stock include Christopher A O'herlihy, Ernest Scott Santi, Harold B Smith, John R Hartnett, Juan Valls, Michael M Larsen, Michael R Zimmerman, Norman D Jr Finch, Randall J Scheuneman, Richard H Lenny, Roland M Martel, 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Schroder Investment Management Group, Eaton Vance Management, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Brown Advisory Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Illinois Tool Works company stock in the last year include Christopher A O'herlihy, Ernest Scott Santi, John R Hartnett, Juan Valls, Michael M Larsen, Michael R Zimmerman, Randall J Scheuneman, Steven L Martindale and Sundaram Nagarajan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, BlackRock Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Illinois Tool Works stock in the last two years include Norman D Jr Finch and Richard H Lenny. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ITW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $151.81.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $49.11 billion and generates $14.77 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.56 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.60 on an earnings per share basis. Illinois Tool Works employs 48,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Illinois Tool Works.

The official website for Illinois Tool Works is http://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]