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, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Wednesday, April 10th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. View Illinois Tool Works' Dividend History.

Illinois Tool Works declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 3rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.83 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.61 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a net margin of 17.35% and a return on equity of 69.48%. The company's revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share. View Illinois Tool Works' Earnings History.

Illinois Tool Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.90-8.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.03.

15 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Illinois Tool Works' shares. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Illinois Tool Works' stock price to reach $135.3077 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. 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 5 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Illinois Tool Works.

Media stories about ITW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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

Illinois Tool Works' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.30%), Northern Trust Corp (4.27%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.03%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%). 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, 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 Bank of America Corp DE, BlackRock Inc., Investec Asset Management LTD, Bank of Montreal Can, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Donaldson Capital Management LLC and Westfield Capital Management Co. LP. Company insiders that have sold Illinois Tool Works company stock in the last year include Ernest Scott Santi, John R Hartnett, Michael M Larsen and Sundaram Nagarajan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bessemer Group Inc., Cerity Partners LLC, Coho Partners Ltd., Stifel Financial Corp, Northern Trust Corp and River Road Asset 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 $143.25.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $47.53 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 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]