Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook of ITW FY2025 Earnings

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Illinois Tool Works in a report released on Wednesday, November 27th. Zacks Research analyst A. Bhattacharjee now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $10.47 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $10.49. The consensus estimate for Illinois Tool Works’ current full-year earnings is $10.13 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Illinois Tool Works’ Q4 2025 earnings at $2.63 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.67 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.85 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.19 EPS.

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $3.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.02 billion. Illinois Tool Works had a return on equity of 97.06% and a net margin of 21.66%. The business’s revenue was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.55 earnings per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on ITW. Barclays increased their price objective on Illinois Tool Works from $215.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Illinois Tool Works from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. StockNews.com raised Illinois Tool Works from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Illinois Tool Works from $236.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Illinois Tool Works from $260.00 to $262.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $257.30.

Illinois Tool Works Stock Performance

Shares of ITW stock opened at $278.50 on Monday. Illinois Tool Works has a 12-month low of $232.77 and a 12-month high of $279.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $82.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.10. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $264.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $250.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Illinois Tool Works

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of Illinois Tool Works by 284.1% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 56,343 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $15,118,000 after purchasing an additional 41,676 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Illinois Tool Works by 57.3% in the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 14,475 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,884,000 after purchasing an additional 5,274 shares in the last quarter. Sage Capital Advisors llc lifted its holdings in shares of Illinois Tool Works by 0.7% in the second quarter. Sage Capital Advisors llc now owns 20,926 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,959,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Olistico Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Illinois Tool Works in the second quarter valued at $47,000. Finally, Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Illinois Tool Works by 39.0% in the second quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,372 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $799,000 after purchasing an additional 946 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.77% of the company’s stock.

Illinois Tool Works Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $6.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.15%. Illinois Tool Works’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 51.90%.

Illinois Tool Works Company Profile

Illinois Tool Works Inc manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products.