Illinois Tool Works Investing Cash Flow decreased by 90.5% to -$221.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 88.9%, from -$117.00M to -$221.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investing Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a -19.1% CAGR.
Typically negative for growing companies as they reinvest cash; a positive value suggests the company is liquidating assets faster than it is buying them.
The aggregate sum of all cash inflows and outflows related to a company's long-term investments and capital assets. It s...
Mature companies with high cash flow often show large negative values here as they recycle profits into new growth or financial instruments.
cf_net_cash_from_investing| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '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 | -$49.00M | -$62.00M | -$808.00M | -$73.00M | -$73.00M | -$91.00M | -$111.00M | -$69.00M | -$103.00M | -$120.00M | -$152.00M | -$169.00M | $294.00M | -$117.00M | -$92.00M | -$92.00M | -$116.00M | -$221.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -26.5% | <-999% | +91.0% | +0.0% | -24.7% | -22.0% | +37.8% | -49.3% | -16.5% | -26.7% | -11.2% | +274.0% | -139.8% | +21.4% | +0.0% | -26.1% | -90.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -49.0% | -46.8% | -52.1% | +5.5% | -13.2% | — | -36.9% | -144.9% | +385.4% | +2.5% | +39.5% | +45.6% | -139.5% | -88.9% |