Growth Metrics

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

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

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 13.86% year-over-year to $858.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.7 billion, down 4.82%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.7 billion, 4.82% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $858.0 million at Illinois Tool Works, down from $904.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $996.0 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at $249.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $641.6 million and a median of $613.5 million in 2022 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 53.97% in 2022 and later soared 146.99% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $695.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 5.76% to $655.0 million in 2022, then surged by 38.63% to $908.0 million in 2023, then rose by 9.69% to $996.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 13.86% to $858.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for ITW at $858.0 million in Q4 2025, $904.0 million in Q3 2025, and $449.0 million in Q2 2025.