Illinois Tool Works Stock News

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Illinois Tool Works Inc. has strong growth prospects driven by Customer-Back Innovation (CBI) and efficient R&D, which is helping it gain share and enhancing pricing power. The company's margin outlook is positive, benefiting from operating leverage, cost reduction strategies, and a better margin mix due to divestitures. ITW is trading at a slight discount to its historical average P/E, offerin...

Illinois Tool Works has a long history of providing investors with healthy returns. The company has respectable financial metrics including a growing revenue per share figure, a stable gross profit margin and a growing return on invested capital. Dividend growth has slowed recently but is still high enough to outpace inflation.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 30, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Erin Linnihan - VP, IR Chris O'Hairlehy - President and CEO Michael Larsen - SVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Jeff Sprague - Vertical Research Partners Jamie Cook - Truist Securities Andy Kaplowitz - Citi Group Tami Zakaria - J.P. Morgan Joe O'Dea - Wells Fargo Sabrina...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today reported its third quarter 2024 results.

GLENVIEW, Ill., Oct. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) declared a dividend on the company's common stock of $1.50 per share for the fourth quarter of 2024. The dividend equates to $6.00 per share on a full-year basis. The dividend will be paid on January 10, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2024.

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