| Valuation |
9.5 |
auto |
P/E 25.6 |
| Liquidity |
7.0 |
auto |
Current ratio 1.21 |
| Growth |
5.8 |
auto |
Revenue growth 4.1% |
| Profitability |
8.8 |
auto |
Net margin 19.1% |
| Efficiency |
10.0 |
auto |
ROE 93.7% |
| Leadership Tenure |
7.8 |
ai |
CEO Christopher O'Herlihy took over July 2024 from long-tenured Scott Santi (12 years), but he is a 35+ year ITW veteran with deep continuity and the celebrated ITW Business Model remains intact. |
| Ownership Alignment |
5.0 |
auto |
Insider holding 0.38% |
| Strategic Vision |
7.4 |
ai |
Clear 'Enterprise Strategy' focused on Customer-Back Innovation, 80/20 operational discipline, and 7%+ organic growth target with 30% operating margin goal — coherent if incremental roadmap across seven segments. |
| Focus / Clarity |
7.6 |
ai |
Diversified across 7 segments (Automotive OEM, Food Equipment, Test & Measurement, Welding, Polymers, Construction, Specialty) but unified by the ITW Business Model — a focused operating philosophy rather than a focused product line. |
| Diversification |
8.8 |
ai |
~$15.9B revenue spread across 7 segments, ~85 divisions, multi-region (roughly half international), no single customer concentration — exemplary diversification for an industrial. |
| Maturity / Revenue |
8.7 |
ai |
Revenue $16.0B |
| Growth Potential |
6.6 |
ai |
Mature multi-industrial with 1-3% organic growth profile; auto OEM and construction exposure offer cyclical rerating upside but TAM is largely captured — the thesis is margin expansion + buybacks, not unit growth. |
| Volatility |
6.7 |
auto |
β 1.15 · D/E 285.52 |
| Market Standing |
8.6 |
auto |
Market cap $77.4B |
| Competitive Moat |
8.2 |
ai |
Best-in-class operating margins (~26%) driven by patented 80/20 process, ~19,000 active patents, deep customer-back engineering switching costs across niche industrial consumables — top-3 in most segments though no single >40% share. |