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Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Illinois Tool Works has reported Return on Equity over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.95% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.95% for Q4 2025, down 9.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.95% (down 9.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.94%, down 16.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.95% at Illinois Tool Works, up from 0.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for ITW hit a ceiling of 1.09% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 0.69% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.99% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.93%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: fell -25bps in 2021 and later increased 25bps in 2023.
  • Illinois Tool Works' Return on Equity stood at 0.76% in 2021, then soared by 31bps to 0.99% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 0.98% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 1.04% in 2024, then dropped by -8bps to 0.95% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.95% (Q4 2025), 0.94% (Q3 2025), and 1.04% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.