Illinois Tool Works Stock-Based Comp remained flat by 0.0% to $17.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 30.8%, from $13.00M to $17.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 6.8% CAGR.
An increase may signal a strategy to preserve cash or align employee interests with shareholders, but it also results in share dilution.
Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense where employees and executives are rewarded with equity or stock options...
High-growth technology firms often have higher stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenue compared to mature industrial firms.
cf_stock_based_compensation| 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 | |
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| Value | $16.00M | $14.00M | $12.00M | $16.00M | $17.00M | $15.00M | $15.00M | $17.00M | $18.00M | $17.00M | $17.00M | $15.00M | $19.00M | $14.00M | $13.00M | $16.00M | $19.00M | $17.00M | $17.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -12.5% | -14.3% | +33.3% | +6.3% | -11.8% | +0.0% | +13.3% | +5.9% | -5.6% | +0.0% | -11.8% | +26.7% | -26.3% | -7.1% | +23.1% | +18.8% | -10.5% | +0.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +6.3% | +7.1% | +25.0% | +6.3% | +5.9% | +13.3% | +13.3% | -11.8% | +5.6% | -17.6% | -23.5% | +6.7% | +0.0% | +21.4% | +30.8% |