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 Thursday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Thursday, January 10th. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 28th. View Illinois Tool Works' Dividend History.

Illinois Tool Works declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, August 3rd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $3.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.72 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a return on equity of 63.11% and a net margin of 12.69%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.71 EPS. View Illinois Tool Works' Earnings History.

Illinois Tool Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 1st at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8663934306.

Illinois Tool Works updated its fourth quarter 2018 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.78-1.88 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.86. Illinois Tool Works also updated its FY18 guidance to $7.55-7.65 EPS.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Illinois Tool Works' stock. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Illinois Tool Works' stock price to reach $142.0714 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Illinois Tool Works.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Illinois Tool Works in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Illinois Tool Works.

Media coverage about ITW stock has been trending negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Illinois Tool Works earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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

Illinois Tool Works' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BTIM Corp. (0.16%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.13%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.09%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.07%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.07%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Illinois Tool Works stock include Christopher A O'herlihy, Ernest Scott Santi, Harold B Smith, John R Hartnett, Juan Valls, Lei Zhang Schlitz, Michael M Larsen, Michael R Zimmerman, Norman D Jr Finch, 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 Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Moreno Evelyn V, Pennsylvania Trust Co, BTIM Corp., Virtu Financial LLC, Northstar Investment Advisors LLC and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Illinois Tool Works company stock in the last year include Ernest Scott Santi, Michael M Larsen and Sundaram Nagarajan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Verity & Verity LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., CX Institutional, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC and Confluence Investment Management LLC. 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 $132.67.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $43.16 billion and generates $14.31 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.69 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.59 on an earnings per share basis. Illinois Tool Works employs 50,000 workers across the globe.

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]