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Raw inputs
Equipment
Foundry
Chip design
Software
AI demand
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Company details
Market cap
~$77B
P/E ratio
~27×
Div yield
~2.6%
EPS (2025)
~$10.50
Operating margin
~26%
Rev. growth
+1%
Revenue
~$16B
Dividend streak
62 yrs
In plain English
ITW is a sprawling industrial conglomerate run as ~85 entrepreneurial divisions across seven segments — fasteners and plastics inside almost every car, commercial kitchen equipment (Hobart, Vulcan, Wolf), Miller welding gear, test & measurement instruments, adhesives and construction fasteners. Its trade-secret '80/20' operating model and decentralized culture turn that grab-bag into one of the highest-margin, most consistent compounders in the S&P 500, with 60+ straight years of dividend increases.
In simple terms
What Illinois Tool Works really sells
ITW is a sprawling industrial conglomerate run as ~85 entrepreneurial divisions across seven segments — fasteners and plastics inside almost every car, commercial kitchen equipment (Hobart, Vulcan, Wolf), Miller welding gear, test & measurement instruments, adhesives and construction fasteners. Its trade-secret '80/20' operating model and decentralized culture turn that grab-bag into one of the highest-margin, most consistent compounders in the S&P 500, with 60+ straight years of dividend increases.
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