Illinois Tool Works Net Change in Cash increased by 67.1% to -$24.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 68.0%, from -$75.00M to -$24.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Net Change in Cash shows an upward trend with a -44.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase suggests the company is accumulating liquidity, while a decrease indicates it spent more on investments, debt repayment, or operations than it generated in cash.
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net_change_in_cash| 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 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | -$426.00M | -$71.00M | -$460.00M | -$231.00M | -$417.00M | -$105.00M | -$66.00M | $435.00M | -$221.00M | $68.00M | $75.00M | -$106.00M | -$97.00M | $85.00M | $0.00 | -$75.00M | -$85.00M | $136.00M | -$73.00M | -$24.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +83.3% | -547.9% | +49.8% | -80.5% | +74.8% | +37.1% | +759.1% | -150.8% | +130.8% | +10.3% | -241.3% | +8.5% | +187.6% | -100.0% | — | -13.3% | +260.0% | -153.7% | +67.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +2.1% | -47.9% | +85.7% | +288.3% | +47.0% | +164.8% | +213.6% | -124.4% | +56.1% | +25.0% | -100.0% | +29.2% | +12.4% | +60.0% | — | +68.0% |