A share price of Illinois Tool Works, Inc [ITW] is currently trading at $258.89, up 0.83%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ITW shares have gain 4.82% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.34%, 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 December 16, 2025, when Goldman downgraded its rating to a Sell but kept the price target unchanged to $230 for it. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Neutral on November 18, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $255. On August 14, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight but maintained its price target of $243 on the stock. Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $283 on July 31, 2025. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to an Underperform but $220 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 07, 2025. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on February 19, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $257. In a note dated December 05, 2024, Barclays upgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $230 to $270.
Illinois Tool Works, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $214.66 and $278.12. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $254 within the next 12 months. Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE: ITW] shares were valued at $258.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.89% based on the average ITW price forecast.
Analyzing the ITW fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW] were 15.88B which represents 2.34% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.44% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.19, Equity is 0.93 and Total Capital is 0.35. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.79.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW] is 1.53. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.11, while the Cash Ratio is 0.22. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.73, the price to book ratio is 23.41 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.12.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SMITH DAVID BYRON JR, Director, that happened on Dec 10 ’25 when 6709.0 shares were purchased. Director, STROBEL PAMELA B completed a deal on Nov 05 ’25 to sell 1521.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director STROBEL PAMELA B bought 1521.0 shares on Nov 05 ’25.
