Growth Metrics

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

Illinois Tool Works has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.34% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.34% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.34% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.31%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.34% at Illinois Tool Works, down from 0.39% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for ITW hit a ceiling of 0.88% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.3% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.42% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.5%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: increased 22bps in 2023 and later decreased -29bps in 2025.
  • Illinois Tool Works' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.36% in 2021, then increased by 16bps to 0.42% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 0.44% in 2023, then decreased by -20bps to 0.35% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.34% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.34% (Q4 2025), 0.39% (Q3 2025), and 0.41% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.