$46.90

-0.10 (-0.21%)

7/18/2008 1:44 PM

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW)

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The Company is a worldwide manufacturer of highly engineered products and specialty systems.

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Ticker Tags

Illinois (19), Machine Tools & Accessories (18), S&P 500 (481), Diversified Machinery (61), Large Cap (467), Chicago (31)
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Illinois Tool Works, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$46.90
Last Trade Time:	7/18/2008 1:44 PM
Open:	$47.39
Previous Close:	$47.00
Daily Range:	$46.13 - $47.39
52-Week Range:	$44.06 - $60.00
Volume:	2,011,293
Market Cap:	$24.57B
P/E Ratio:	14.07
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Other News Headlines for ITW

Moody's affirms Illinois Tool Works rating
7/18/2008 1:18:00 PM - AP
Outlook roundup: IBM, Illinois Tool Works
7/17/2008 6:03:00 PM - AP
Illinois Tool sees inline 3Q, raises 2008 outlook
7/17/2008 5:44:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Continental, JPMorgan Chase
7/17/2008 10:33:00 AM - AP

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1 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW)

Avatar ledfoot2000 (39.91) Submitted: 5/02/08 10:15 PM

I work for ITW in NC and have seen this company expand and grow at an astounding rate. They are known as the biggest company you have never heard of. When I started with them they had approximately 625 companies under the ITW umbrella and now we are up to 825 and growing. Profits are good and the ou...More

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Recs 0 (ITW) TraderStiz (79.79) Submitted: 7/01/08 3:37 PM : Start Price: $47.24 ITW Score: 0.65 Here is a five-star stock with at least 50 all-stars picking it to outperform, and it is within 5% of its 52-week low. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ITW) 59special (< 20) Submitted: 6/25/08 12:13 AM : Start Price: $47.59 ITW Score: 2.74 One division of ITW is ElectroStatic Technologies. It manufactures a growing product, called "Aegis arc rings". These rings, when mounted onto electric motor shafts, diffuse static electricity, thus greatly extending the life of electric motors. These applications, as well as hundreds of others, will provide increasing revenue for ITW over many years. This technology is in its infancy, and its simplicity will greatly be accepted by all industrial markets. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ITW) nilshp (72.48) Submitted: 6/19/08 9:31 AM : Start Price: $48.90 ITW Score: 2.01 Fortune 40 Growth and Income Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ITW) steekersfan (< 20) Submitted: 6/03/08 9:29 AM : Start Price: $52.17 ITW Score: -0.67 I know Cramer likes this one which is not necesarily a good thing, because it will get alot more hype now, but I like his logic, I like anything that is going to benefit from the changes we are going to have to go through as a country/economy in the next 20 to 40 years. There is going to have to be alot of restructuring of businesses and process escpecially in the industrial and natural resource sectors and this is a solid company that stands to benefit. They did have an all star CEO who I believe stepped down, but to screw this up you'd have to be pretty bad. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ITW) NotJesseL (58.20) Submitted: 6/02/08 10:27 AM : Start Price: $52.35 ITW Score: -1.32 I like the moat, I like the product - packaging - which will become increasingly important as we get more global and transportation has to become more efficient. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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