At the time of writing, Illinois Tool Works, Inc [ITW] stock is trading at $261.05, up 2.24%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ITW shares have lost -0.14% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.20%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE: ITW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 19, 2025, when Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $257 for it. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Equal Weight on December 05, 2024, and elevated its price target to $270. On November 13, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform and revised its price target to $255 on the stock. Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $301 on March 14, 2024. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $240 on February 06, 2024. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on January 10, 2024, and downed its price target to $235. In a note dated January 03, 2023, Vertical Research downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $240 to $220.
For the past year, the stock price of Illinois Tool Works, Inc fluctuated between $232.77 and $279.13. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $250 within the next 12 months. Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE: ITW] shares were valued at $261.05 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.23% based on the average ITW price forecast.
Analyzing the ITW fundamentals
According to Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW], the company’s sales were 15.90B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -1.28% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.44% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.28%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.22%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.23, Equity is 1.1 and Total Capital is 0.4. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.44.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 256.83 points at the first support level, and at 252.60 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 263.55, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 266.04.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW] has a current ratio of 1.36. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.97, while the Cash Ratio is 0.22. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.82, the price to book ratio is 23.14 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.29.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SANTI ERNEST SCOTT, Director, that happened on Feb 20 ’25 when 73453.0 shares were sold. Director, SANTI ERNEST SCOTT completed a deal on Feb 19 ’25 to sell 70000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director SANTI ERNEST SCOTT bought 73453.0 shares on Feb 20 ’25.
