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ITW vs. AIT, AOS, DCI, DE, DOV, GGG, IR, ITT, OI, and XYL

Should you be buying Illinois Tool Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Illinois Tool Works include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), A. O. Smith (AOS), Donaldson (DCI), Deere & Company (DE), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), O-I Glass (OI), and Xylem (XYL).

Illinois Tool Works vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 21.37% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.64%. Illinois Tool Works' return on equity of 92.77% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83%
Illinois Tool Works 21.37%92.77%19.34%

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Illinois Tool Works has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Illinois Tool Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Illinois Tool Works has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Illinois Tool Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.22$385.76M$9.9626.19
Illinois Tool Works$15.90B4.70$3.49B$11.3722.45

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Illinois Tool Works has a consensus price target of $253.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Illinois Tool Works
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

In the previous week, Illinois Tool Works had 12 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Illinois Tool Works and 18 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Illinois Tool Works' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.02 indicating that Illinois Tool Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Illinois Tool Works
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Illinois Tool Works beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ITW vs. The Competition

MetricIllinois Tool WorksMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$75.51B$12.90B$7.64B$20.85B
Dividend Yield2.33%23.75%4.55%3.65%
P/E Ratio22.4526.8724.5526.34
Price / Sales4.704.95104.1759.22
Price / Cash22.2016.4227.7322.29
Price / Book22.733.844.434.66
Net Income$3.49B$521.16M$797.00M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.73%1.26%0.93%-0.29%
1 Month Performance5.85%9.50%6.28%4.91%
1 Year Performance2.38%25.92%30.24%10.53%

Illinois Tool Works Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6074 of 5 stars
$255.22
-1.0%
$253.83
-0.5%
+1.5%$75.51B$15.90B22.4544,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.3005 of 5 stars
$256.72
+1.1%
$285.00
+11.0%
+25.7%$9.77B$4.50B25.766,500Positive News
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.3907 of 5 stars
$68.92
-0.2%
$75.29
+9.2%
-21.6%$9.79B$3.82B19.2512,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DCI
Donaldson
3.753 of 5 stars
$70.26
-0.4%
$70.00
-0.4%
-4.8%$8.18B$3.59B23.5614,000
DE
Deere & Company
4.1842 of 5 stars
$505.65
-1.3%
$515.19
+1.9%
+29.8%$136.90B$44.46B24.4575,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOV
Dover
4.8227 of 5 stars
$188.81
-0.1%
$206.50
+9.4%
+0.4%$25.87B$7.73B11.3724,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
GGG
Graco
4.1785 of 5 stars
$87.14
-0.6%
$93.00
+6.7%
+4.9%$14.56B$2.15B30.784,300News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2717 of 5 stars
$87.68
-1.5%
$98.33
+12.2%
-10.5%$35.37B$7.28B43.4021,000
ITT
ITT
4.434 of 5 stars
$158.09
+0.1%
$170.00
+7.5%
+13.0%$12.43B$3.63B25.1111,700
OI
O-I Glass
4.3808 of 5 stars
$15.13
-1.8%
$17.30
+14.4%
+24.5%$2.34B$6.53B-12.0221,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
XYL
Xylem
4.7077 of 5 stars
$131.08
+0.1%
$146.29
+11.6%
-4.7%$31.89B$8.60B35.2223,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ITW) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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