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Illinois Tool Works ITWThe company said operating income for Q2 2024 rose 4.5% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion, and operating margin rose 140 basis points to 26.2%. The company cited the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation and lower organic revenue as reasons operating revenue declined.
Key points
AI summaryThe company said operating income for Q2 2024 rose 4.5% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion, and operating margin rose 140 basis points to 26.2%. The company cited the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation and lower organic revenue as reasons operating revenue declined.
The company said it changed the inventory costing method at certain U.S. businesses from LIFO to FIFO in Q1 2024 and recorded the pre-tax cumulative effect of $117 million as a reduction of cost of revenue. Excluding the effect of 150 basis points, year-to-date operating margin of 27.3% rose 130 basis points.
Illinois Tool Works said diluted earnings per share (EPS) for Q2 2024 with its year were $2.54, up 2.4%. It said year-to-date EPS rose to $5.27, up 9.6%, and excluding the effect of the LIFO accounting method change of $0.29, year-to-date EPS growth was 3.5%.
ITW said it held cash and cash equivalents of $862 million as of June 30, 2024 and had no borrowings under its $3.0 billion revolving credit facility. It said it repurchased about 1.6 million shares for about $375 million in Q2, and the remaining authorization under the 2023 Program is $4.2 billion.
Key figures
Quarter ended June 30, 2024
- Revenue
- $4.0B
- Operating income
- $1.1B
- Net income
- $759M
- EPS
- $2.54
From the XBRL financial data filed with the SEC · not processed by AI.
Summary
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Q2 Operating Income Up, Operating Margin Higher
The company said operating income for Q2 2024 rose 4.5% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion, and operating margin rose 140 basis points to 26.2%. The company cited the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation and lower organic revenue as reasons operating revenue declined.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Switch from LIFO to FIFO Inventory Valuation
The company said it changed the inventory costing method at certain U.S. businesses from LIFO to FIFO in Q1 2024 and recorded the pre-tax cumulative effect of $117 million as a reduction of cost of revenue. Excluding the effect of 150 basis points, year-to-date operating margin of 27.3% rose 130 basis points.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Q2 and Year-to-Date Diluted EPS
Illinois Tool Works said diluted earnings per share (EPS) for Q2 2024 with its year were $2.54, up 2.4%. It said year-to-date EPS rose to $5.27, up 9.6%, and excluding the effect of the LIFO accounting method change of $0.29, year-to-date EPS growth was 3.5%.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Liquidity and Share Repurchases
ITW said it held cash and cash equivalents of $862 million as of June 30, 2024 and had no borrowings under its $3.0 billion revolving credit facility. It said it repurchased about 1.6 million shares for about $375 million in Q2, and the remaining authorization under the 2023 Program is $4.2 billion.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
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