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Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Illinois Tool Works has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 38.27% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 906.0% year-over-year to 38.27%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 38.27%, up 906.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 40.22%, 140.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 38.27% at Illinois Tool Works, up from 34.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 38.38% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 23.35% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 32.01% and a median of 31.81% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 1025bps in 2023 and later plummeted -825bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 28.21% in 2021, then increased by 24bps to 34.89% in 2022, then increased by 7bps to 37.47% in 2023, then decreased by -22bps to 29.22% in 2024, then soared by 31bps to 38.27% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for ITW at 38.27% in Q4 2025, 34.8% in Q3 2025, and 34.69% in Q2 2025.