Illinois Tool Works, Inc [ITW] stock prices are up 0.57% to $257.51 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ITW shares have gain 1.51% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.15%, and not 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 July 31, 2025, when Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $283 for it. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform on May 07, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $220. On February 19, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $257 on the stock. Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and increased its price target to $270 on December 05, 2024. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to a Underperform and raised its price target to $255 on November 13, 2024. Truist started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on March 14, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $301. In a note dated February 06, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $277 to $240.
The stock price of Illinois Tool Works, Inc [ITW] has been fluctuating between $214.66 and $279.13 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $267.5 within the next 12 months. Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE: ITW] shares were valued at $257.51 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.88% based on the average ITW price forecast.
Analyzing the ITW fundamentals
The Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW] reported sales of 15.79B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 0.65%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.27%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.21, Equity is 1.02 and Total Capital is 0.34. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.78.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW]’s Current Ratio is 1.59. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.15, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.2. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.75, the price to book ratio is 23.38 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Schott Jennifer Kaplan, Former Officer, that happened on Jun 12 ’25 when 3536.0 shares were purchased. Director, SMITH DAVID BYRON JR completed a deal on Jun 02 ’25 to buy 872.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former Officer Schott Jennifer Kaplan bought 3559.0 shares on May 08 ’25.
