XNYS · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$269.42+0.71%
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TickerWhale Score
55/100
Positive
Score components
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Illinois Tool Works scores 55 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
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- Technical
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%90Strong
- Revenue growth 4.3%
- EPS growth -3.3%
Valuation
25%34Weak
- P/E 24.2
- EV/Sales 5.2
Founded in 1912, Illinois Tool Works has become a diversified industrial manufacturer through acquisitions and innovations that follow customer needs. ITW operates through seven business segments, with no segment representing more than one-fifth of revenue. ITW's automotive OEM segment sells vehicle components; its food equipment segment sells commercial kitchen appliances; its test and measurement and electronics segment sells inspection and analysis equipment; its welding segment sells welding equipment and consumables; its polymers and fluids segment sells industrial and consumer adhesives, solvents, and coatings; its construction products segment sells building fasteners and tools; and its specialty products segment sells medical, packaging, HVAC, and airport ground equipment.
#168 by market cap in our coverage · ~43,000 employees · Listed 1973-03-13 · www.itw.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#53 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 55 vs sector average 49.1 (+5.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 77%
Gross margin (industry)Top 24%
Return on equity (industry)Top 3%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 76%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
61/100Positive vs universe
Ranks 61st of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 53/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Sell
1 buy · 4 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates ITW's technical setup middling — 61st percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
2 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+0.6%
- vs 50-day-3.8%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)42 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength25· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.152)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 2 buy vs 4 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 4 sell of 8 votes = Strong Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)24.2
- P/S (TTM)4.7
- P/B26.7
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.2
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin44.2%
- Net margin19.4%
- ROE104.3%
- Debt/Equity3.35
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)4.3%
- EPS growth (YoY)-3.3%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $77.3B
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITWCurrentIllinois Tool Works | 55 | 53 | 24.2 | — | 26.7 | 5.2 | $269.42 | +0.71% | +4.3% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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