Growth Metrics

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Illinois Tool Works has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $858.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $858.0 million for Q4 2025, down 13.86% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.7 billion (down 4.82% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.7 billion, down 4.82%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $858.0 million at Illinois Tool Works, down from $904.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for ITW hit a ceiling of $996.0 million in Q4 2024 and a floor of $249.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $613.5 million (2022), compared with a mean of $641.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 53.97% in 2022 and later surged 146.99% in 2023.
  • Illinois Tool Works' Free Cash Flow stood at $695.0 million in 2021, then fell by 5.76% to $655.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 38.63% to $908.0 million in 2023, then increased by 9.69% to $996.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 13.86% to $858.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $858.0 million (Q4 2025), $904.0 million (Q3 2025), and $449.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.