NYSE:ITWIllinois Tool Works Stock Price, Forecast & News

Illinois Tool Works' stock was trading at $158.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ITW shares have increased by 14.8% and is now trading at $181.83. 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 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 2 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 31st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Illinois Tool Works.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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%. Illinois Tool Works's revenue was down 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.81 EPS. View Illinois Tool Works' earnings history.

Illinois Tool Works declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $4.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.35%. 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 approved a stock repurchase 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 reacquire up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Illinois Tool Works' shares. Their forecasts range from $143.00 to $180.00. On average, they expect Illinois Tool Works' share price to reach $159.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.5%. View analysts' price targets for Illinois Tool Works.

News coverage about ITW stock has been trending positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Illinois Tool Works earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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 shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.10%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.02%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Cypress Capital Group, Verity & Verity LLC, West Coast Financial LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Whittier Trust Co., and Veracity Capital LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services, Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, Welch & Forbes LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Sage Capital Advisors llc, and Robecosam AG. 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.

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One share of ITW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $181.83.

Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $57.45 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]