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

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 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $4.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. View Illinois Tool Works' Dividend History.

Illinois Tool Works announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Friday, August 3rd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) released its earnings results on Friday, January, 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.85 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $3.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a return on equity of 81.83% and a net margin of 17.87%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.83 EPS. View Illinois Tool Works' Earnings History.

Illinois Tool Works is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.65-8.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.93.

14 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Illinois Tool Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $121.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Illinois Tool Works' share price to reach $158.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Illinois Tool Works.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Illinois Tool Works in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Illinois Tool Works.

News articles about ITW stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Illinois Tool Works earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Illinois Tool Works.

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Illinois Tool Works' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Briar Hall Management LLC (8.04%), State Street Corp (4.35%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.78%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.91%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%). 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 Coho Partners Ltd., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, State of Michigan Retirement System, Nitorum Capital L.P., Sei Investments Co., Westfield Capital Management Co. LP and Alliancebernstein L.P.. 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 for Illinois Tool Works.

ITW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, Hexavest Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Capital World Investors, NorthRock Partners LLC and FMR LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ITW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $170.13.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $54.25 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.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]