Growth Metrics

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

Illinois Tool Works has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.19% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.19% for Q4 2025, changed 0.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.19% (down 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.19%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.19% at Illinois Tool Works, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for ITW hit a ceiling of 0.29% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 0.17% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.19% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.19%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: increased 10bps in 2024 and later dropped -9bps in 2025.
  • Illinois Tool Works' Return on Sales stood at 0.17% in 2021, then soared by 38bps to 0.23% in 2022, then decreased by -21bps to 0.18% in 2023, then rose by 6bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 1bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.19% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.