---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049826-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITW"
cik: "0000049826"
company_name: "ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:19:06.115941+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ITW Q2 GAAP EPS $2.58 record; revenue $4.1B; FY guidance raised to $10.35-$10.55

## Summary
- Revenue $4.1B (+1% YoY); flat organic growth; GAAP EPS $2.58 (+2%), a Q2 record.
- Operating margin 26.3% (record), up 10 bps; enterprise initiatives contributed 130 bps.
- Free cash flow $449M (59% conversion); share repurchases $375M in Q2.
- FY 2025 GAAP EPS guidance raised by $0.10 to $10.35-$10.55; revenue growth 1-3%.
- Operating margin guidance 26-27%; free cash flow expected >100% of net income; ~$1.5B share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049826-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITW
- cik: 0000049826
- company_name: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982625000034/0000049826-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982625000034/itw-20250730.htm

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