Growth Metrics

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Illinois Tool Works has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.38% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.38% for Q4 2025, up 9.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.38% (up 9.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.4%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.38% at Illinois Tool Works, up from 0.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ITW hit a ceiling of 0.38% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.23% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.32% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.32%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 10bps in 2023 and later decreased -8bps in 2024.
  • Illinois Tool Works' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.28% in 2021, then grew by 24bps to 0.35% in 2022, then increased by 7bps to 0.37% in 2023, then fell by -22bps to 0.29% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 31bps to 0.38% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.38% (Q4 2025), 0.35% (Q3 2025), and 0.35% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.