Growth Metrics

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 26.51% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 2540.0% year-over-year to 26.51%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 26.28%, down 54.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 26.28%, 54.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 26.51% in Q4 2025 per ITW's latest filing, down from 27.4% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 51.91% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.94% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 25.22%, with a median of 24.8% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 2710bps in 2024, then crashed -2540bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 22.67% in 2021, then grew by 10bps to 24.83% in 2022, then dropped by 0bps to 24.81% in 2023, then soared by 109bps to 51.91% in 2024, then plummeted by -49bps to 26.51% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 26.51% in Q4 2025, 27.4% in Q3 2025, and 26.35% in Q2 2025.