ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 02/28/20

It's interesting to compare the performance of multi-industry industrial stocks Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) over the last few years. The two used to be pretty much correlated but the divergence since the spring of 2019 has been remarkable. Both companies have suffe...

The introduction to this article is going to be quite a bit different because it doesn't have a direct connection with John and Jane's Taxable or Retirement accounts. Back in June, I changed from my job where I handled mortgage-backed securities to working for a small credit union where I he...

Overview In this article I present an analysis of a modified list of the Dividend Champions. I analyze all stocks in the list except the Dividend Kings. I track the Kings separately due to their long-term success in growing dividends. You can read my recent analysis update on the Dividen...

Once a month, I review my portfolio of dividend growth stocks, DivGro. The goal of these reviews is to provide a summary of dividends received and to detail buy and sell transactions. I also look at how DivGro's projected annual dividend income (PADI) has changed. In January, I closed three ...

Introduction and Thesis 3M Company ( MMM ) stock has been beaten down since its peak of almost $250 per share in early-2018. After the Q4 2019 and full year earnings release, the stock was punished further. In fact, the stock is trading at levels last seen in early-2016. Furthermore, the s...

Illinois Tool Works ( ITW ) has had an incredible year as they reward shareholders with a 37% return, doubling the machinery industry. This is important because the industry as a whole has underperformed the market rather significantly over time. The company has a very healthy history of print...

As we move deeper into 2020, it’s a good time to provide an update on U.S. equity valuations. Stocks are very expensive by most metrics, but there are many different opinions on how to value them and how highly they should be valued. So, this newsletter issue takes a look at current e...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Feb. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today announced its participation in the Citi 2020 Global Industrials Conference on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Michael Larsen, will present at the c...

Yes, the title of this article is somewhat bearish. Nonetheless not everything I am discussing in this article is negative. The Glenview, IL-based producer of diversified machinery Illinois Tool Works ( ITW ) has been on my radar for a very long time as the company is a perfect tool to track t...

Source Introduction I recently had the pleasure of publishing my first truly popular article on Seeking Alpha about my recent sale of Apple ( AAPL ) stock. Truth be told, I have been mostly writing in obscurity on this platform for over five years now (the past two years, more or less,...