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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A high-margin industrial manufacturer with reliable cash generation

ITW’s multi-year record pairs gradual revenue growth with expanding operating margins and consistently positive free cash flow. Plant spending has remained modest relative to cash generation, leaving room for dividends and share repurchases.

What is developing

The latest quarter showed renewed organic growth and further margin expansion, while free cash flow remained positive. This improves the recent operating trajectory without yet changing the established cash-generative, relatively low-capital-intensity profile.

What matters next

Whether organic growth broadens beyond capex-linked segments while the expanded operating margin is maintained.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
2B 1.7B 2.6B 2.5B 2.1B 2.7B 3B 3B 3.5B 3.1B
470m 462m 461m 426m 427m 410m 410m 395m 402m 397m
(263m) 64m 34m 32m (30m) (148m) (150m) (88m) (176m) (17m)
39m 36m 40m 41m 42m 53m 63m 69m 61m 69m
23m 31m 41m (12m) 51m 40m (128m) 67m (414m) 86m
920m 1B 838m 742m 591m 731m 993m 1B 1.2B 1.1B
212m 240m 247m 223m 194m 197m 199m 260m 248m 279m
37m 158m (288m) 28m 250m (439m) (818m) 208m (19m) (406m)
2.3B 2.4B 2.8B 3B 2.8B 2.6B 2.3B 3.5B 3.3B 3.1B
(273m) (297m) (364m) (326m) (236m) (296m) (412m) (455m) (437m) (419m)
(259m) 46m 39m 143m 22m (688m) 302m 52m 293m (102m)
(532m) (251m) (325m) (183m) (214m) (984m) (110m) (403m) (144m) (521m)
(1.9B) (916m) (2B) (1.4B) (640m) (950m) (1.7B) (1.4B) (1.4B) (1.4B)
465m 197m (851m) 422m (4m) (141m) 276m 294m (8m) 508m
(821m) (941m) (1.1B) (1.3B) (1.4B) (1.5B) (1.5B) (1.6B) (1.7B) (1.8B)
17m (14m) (11m) (12m) (26m) (10m) (13m) (14m) (38m) (32m)
(2.3B) (1.7B) (4B) (2.3B) (2B) (2.6B) (3B) (2.8B) (3.2B) (2.7B)
(133m) 145m (112m) (9m) 39m (46m) (57m) 3m (65m) 42m
(618m) 622m (1.6B) 477m 583m (1B) (819m) 357m (117m) (97m)
2B 2.1B 2.4B 2.7B 2.6B 2.3B 1.9B 3.1B 2.8B 2.7B