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Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ITW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Strategy, “Covered Calls for Income — the Dividend Aristocrats Approach” (2026-05-22)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where ITW appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.43 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ITW has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.43 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Illinois Tool Works Inc moved 0.43% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 43% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.23 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.53% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.52% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against ITW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Illinois Tool Works Inc

ITW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Illinois Tool Works makes a broad range of industrial goods across seven segments, covering automotive components, food-service equipment, welding gear, test-and-measurement tools, and construction fasteners. It sells these products to manufacturers, distributors and maintenance customers across automotive, food-equipment, construction and general industrial markets. The company is based in Glenview, Illinois, and has built its business through decades of acquisitions across these varied industrial niches.
Where it sits in the stack
ITW carries no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's ledger for the AI build-out; it sits instead within the broader industrials sector, in the specialty industrial machinery corner of our universe, alongside other diversified manufacturers outside the build-out chain.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group is not set for ITW; the comparison the market draws is with Dover, another diversified industrial manufacturer serving overlapping end markets.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
ITW is an S&P 500 constituent but has no Rubin seat and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has quoted it once, in a strategy piece on covered-call income built around dividend aristocrats.
What the diary watches
Whether demand across its seven industrial segments holds together as manufacturing and construction cycles diverge, since one segment's slowdown rarely moves the group's overall trend.

Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.35%, quarterly · last 1.61 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What ITW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.44 USD per share · a 2.35% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +7.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 6.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.61 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 2.80 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.80 USD · 2025: 6.22 USD · 2026: 3.22 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW)?

Illinois Tool Works Inc trades as ITW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is ITW in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Illinois Tool Works Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does ITW trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.9% vs the 50-day and +2.5% vs the 200-day average, 9.1% below the 52-week high and +16.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 50 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Illinois Tool Works Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Illinois Tool Works Inc had a beta of 0.43 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 43% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.53% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Illinois Tool Works Inc?

Illinois Tool Works Inc appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Strategy: Covered Calls for Income — the Dividend Aristocrats Approach (2026-05-22). What Closelooknet said most recently: The list overlaps heavily with the consumer-staples / industrials / healthcare slow-compounders: KO, PG, JNJ, KMB, MMM, ED, ABT, MMC, EMR, ITW, and on. (Strategy, 2026-05-22). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Illinois Tool Works Inc do?

Illinois Tool Works makes a broad range of industrial goods across seven segments, covering automotive components, food-service equipment, welding gear, test-and-measurement tools, and construction fasteners. It sells these products to manufacturers, distributors and maintenance customers across automotive, food-equipment, construction and general industrial markets. The company is based in Glenview, Illinois, and has built its business through decades of acquisitions across these varied industrial niches. Closelooknet's peer group is not set for ITW; the comparison the market draws is with Dover, another diversified industrial manufacturer serving overlapping end markets.

Where does Illinois Tool Works Inc sit in the AI build-out?

ITW carries no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's ledger for the AI build-out; it sits instead within the broader industrials sector, in the specialty industrial machinery corner of our universe, alongside other diversified manufacturers outside the build-out chain. ITW is an S&P 500 constituent but has no Rubin seat and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has quoted it once, in a strategy piece on covered-call income built around dividend aristocrats.

Does Illinois Tool Works Inc pay a dividend?

Illinois Tool Works Inc has paid 6.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.35% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.61 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ITW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.