Ill Tool Works (ITW)
Price: $45.42
Industry: Machinery Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Nov 17 14:23 EST 2011 ITW Ill Tool Works
$45.42
Power Gauge Rating
ITW - Very Bearish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for ITW is very bearish due to poor financial metrics, bearish price/volume activity and negative expert opinions. ITW's financial metrics are poor due to a high long term debt to equity ratio and high price to book value ratio.
Financial Metrics
Earnings Performance
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Bullish ITW Ill Tool Works
November 01, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for ITW is bullish. There is currently a significant positive sentiment within news stories concerning ITW.
News Sentiment :Positive
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bearish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
ITW's financial metrics are poor. The company is carrying too much long term debt and may be overvalued.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, high price to book value ratio, high return on equity and relatively low cash flow.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
Current Ratio
2.02
Price/Book
2.27
Return on Invest
14.2%
LT Debt/Equity
0.27
Price/Sales
1.41
Return on Equity
18.2%
Earnings Performance
TTM
Earnings Performance Rating
Neutral
Earnings Growth
ITW's earnings performance has been neutral. The company is priced relatively low compared to next year's projected EPS and has a history of weak earnings growth.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively low projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
14,055.05
16,170.61
15,869.35
13,877.07
15,870.38
8.77%
15.05%
-1.86%
-12.55%
14.36%
$3.04
$3.39
$2.93
$1.89
$3.05
16.03%
11.51%
-13.57%
-35.49%
61.38%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$0.79
$0.89
+0.10
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$3.05
$3.74
+0.69
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
4.75%
12.17%
+7.42
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
Latest Qtr
$0.98
$1.00
$0.02
2.04
1 Qtr Ago
$1.02
$0.96
$-0.06
-5.88
2 Qtr Ago
$0.84
$0.91
$0.07
8.33
3 Qtr Ago
$0.80
$0.79
$-0.01
-1.25
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
12/09
$-0.08
$0.35
$0.60
$1.01
$1.88
12/10
$0.59
$0.84
$0.84
$0.79
$3.06
12/11
$1.25
$1.00
$1.04
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Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bearish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for ITW is bearish. ITW has underperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks and has a declining price trend.
Price Trend
The rank for ITW is based on its relative weakness versus the market, a negative Chaikin price trend and a decreasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether ITW is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
59.02
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-1.67%
Average Volume 20 Days
4,383,290
52 Week Low
40.15
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-19.23%
Average Volume 90 Days
4,759,678
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-12.55%
Expert Opinions
Value
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-3.82%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
-14.16%
Factor
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
48%
Expert Opinions
Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about ITW are negative. Analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for ITW and insiders are not net buyers of ITW's stock.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for ITW is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a low short interest ratio, insiders not purchasing significant amounts of stock, optimistic analyst opinions and relative weakness of the stock versus the Machinery industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.89 0.99 Current
Current FY
3.74
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.89 0.99
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change 3.74
0.00
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
3
7
Curr Yr
0
0
5
2
Next Qtr
0
0
2
3
Next Yr
0
0
1
7
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for ITW
ITW's Competitors in Machinery Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
ITW
4.75%
12.17%
11.39%
1.00
12.41
15,870
PH
6.57%
7.50%
8.62%
1.49
12.29
12,346
IR
8.48%
12.25%
2.13%
0.94
11.84
14,079
DOV
4.41%
13.33%
9.92%
0.92
12.99
7,100
FLS
9.07%
15.00%
9.49%
0.85
12.92
4,032
ETN
5.47%
12.16%
8.09%
0.92
12.07
13,715
Illinois Tool buys Despatch Industries - Jul 25, 2011 FTC seeks more information on Graco purchase - Jul 5, 2011 Graco Receives FTC Request for Additional Information Related to Proposed Acquisition of ITW Finishing Businesses - Jul 5, 2011 Illinois Tool adjusts earnings predictions - Jun 28, 2011 ITW Releases Reclassification of Historical Results for Discontinued Operations; Company Announces $550 million of Share Repurchase Activity in the. - Jun 28, 2011
Company Details
Company Profile
ILL TOOL WORKS 3600 WEST LAKE AVE GLENVIEW, IL 60026-1215 USA Phone: 8476574106 Fax: 847-657-4261 Website: http://http://www.itwinc.com Full Time Employees: 61,000 Sector: Industrial Products
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. manufactures and markets a variety of products and systems that provide specific, problem-solving solutions for a diverse customer base worldwide. The company's business units are divided into six segments: Engineered Products-North America; Engineered Products-International; Specialty Systems-North America; Specialty Systems-International; Consumer Products; and Leasing and Investments.
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