Earnings Preview: Illinois Tool Works

Illinois Tool Works ITW is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2024-02-01. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Illinois Tool Works will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.41.

Illinois Tool Works bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.09, which was followed by a 1.3% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Illinois Tool Works's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Illinois Tool Works were trading at $265.81 as of January 30. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 5.39%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Illinois Tool Works visit their earnings calendar on our site.

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