secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC (ITW)
CIK:        0000049826
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000049826-25-000050
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ITW Q3 2025 EPS $2.81 (+6% ex-divestiture gain); record operating margin 27.4%
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- Revenue $4.1B, +2% overall; organic +1%; operating income $1.1B, +6%; record margin 27.4% (+90 bps).
- GAAP EPS $2.81; excluding prior-year $1.26 divestiture gain, EPS grew 6%.
- Free cash flow $904M, up 15%; operating cash flow $1.0B.
- Dividend raised 7% to $6.44 annualized, 62nd consecutive year of increases; repurchased $375M in shares.
- Narrowed FY25 GAAP EPS guidance to $10.40-$10.50; organic growth flat-2%; operating margin 26-27%; share repurchase ~$1.5B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982625000050/0000049826-25-000050-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982625000050/itw-20251024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-25-000050

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