Illinois Tool Works Financing Cash Flow decreased by 5.5% to -$818.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 13.3%, from -$943.00M to -$818.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows relatively stable performance with a 1.7% CAGR.
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
cf_net_cash_from_financing| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$945.00M | -$608.00M | -$417.00M | -$489.00M | -$795.00M | -$681.00M | -$1.04B | -$185.00M | -$932.00M | -$788.00M | -$877.00M | -$524.00M | -$601.00M | -$1.12B | -$943.00M | -$588.00M | -$563.00M | -$775.00M | -$818.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +35.7% | +31.4% | -17.3% | -62.6% | +14.3% | -52.0% | +82.1% | -403.8% | +15.5% | -11.3% | +40.3% | -14.7% | -86.5% | +15.9% | +37.6% | +4.3% | -37.7% | -5.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +15.9% | -12.0% | -148.2% | +62.2% | -17.2% | -15.7% | +15.3% | -183.2% | +35.5% | -42.3% | -7.5% | -12.2% | +6.3% | +30.9% | +13.3% |