Historical annual and monthly returns for Illinois Tool Works (ITW).
For Illinois Tool Works (ITW), the strongest completed calendar year was 2019, when the stock returned 45.6%, while its weakest was 2008, with a return of -32.7%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 12.3% and its compounded annual return was 10.3%. ITW posted positive returns in 17 of those 26 years (65%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned -0.4%. In 2026 year to date, ITW has returned 12.5%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Illinois Tool Works (ITW). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
