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Comments for ITW

Added By	Comments	Type	Date Added
itsracerx	tools	Love	June 07, 2008
Hal Kaysen	growth	Love	June 01, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "I was going to do this one in my series this week. ITW is a great company and I would recommend it right here."	Love	May 04, 2008
jbkski	inherited	Love	January 16, 2008
Debi	performance	Love	December 22, 2007
delluser	dividend paying, slow long-term growth	Love	December 19, 2007
thermagen	consistent growth	Love	December 18, 2007
snowblow	basic industry	Love	November 20, 2007
paul simenauer	Industrial Components & Fixtures	Love	November 02, 2007
mymacretirement	ITW offers engineered components and industrial systems and consumables. The company's finishing business serves automotive OEM customers in their primary assembly painting facilities. ITW consists of around 750 business units in 49 countries and has approximately 55,000 employees.	Love	November 01, 2007
bobop	lg buy back	Love	September 01, 2007
sarah z	For instance, Illinois Tool Works is in this week’s portfolio. The Glenview, Illinois –based company recently said its board approved a $3 billion buyback plan representing about 55 million shares. In August of last year, the company put forward a 35 million share repurchase plan, of which 12 million shares remain. The company expects to spend $1.1 to $1.4 billion on buybacks for the full year 2007. The maker of fasteners, food service and welding equipment, and other products announced impressive second quarter earnings last Wednesday, highlighted by a 16.3% jump in operating revenue. Every aspect of the company outperformed. Operating revenue in the manufacturing segment increased 21.9% while the specialty systems division surged 21.8%. ITW still expects strong EPS going forward, with third quarter earnings between 85 and 89 cents a share and $3.31 to $3.41 for the full year. Chairman and CEO David B. Speer said, "As we continue to look for ways to optimize our balance sheet and make the best use of our strong free operating cash flow, share repurchases will play an important role in that process. We'll also continue to utilize free cash for future acquisitions as well as dividends." Equity research firm William Blair & Company reiterate an outperform rating on ITW and said they like the beefed up buyback plan, which brought the grand total to $3.7 billion or 12% of outstanding shares. William Blair also finds it attractive that ITW is trading at 14 times earnings, the very low end of the historical range of 14 to 21 times. Adding to ITW’s bullish case is they also increased their dividend yield to 2.1%, and they believe increasing leverage will drive ROE higher.	Love	August 29, 2007
High Dividends	1.34	Love	August 06, 2007
Chris Roeglin	Has done well	Love	August 03, 2007
aboveh2o	like management and fundamentals	Love	July 17, 2007
Slinger	Best of breed for sector	Love	July 10, 2007
johann	infrastructure	Love	July 09, 2007
Barrons	From Barron's 7-9-07: "Illinois Tool Works has rallied 20% this year, to 55. The company's continued success could push the shares up to 67-68 in the next year, for a prospective gain of about 23%."	Love	July 07, 2007
tdgoodall	Good solid company	Love	July 04, 2007
SmokeEtr217	Illinois Tool Work	Love	June 13, 2007
jabbhome	pays dividends, Div & Yield: 0.84 (1.60%) Illinois Tool Works Inc. Engineered products business offers various plastic and metal components and fasteners, as well as specialty products, used in the commercial, residential, and renovation construction industries, as well as in automotive, appliance, furniture, electronics, and general industrial applications.	Love	June 04, 2007
John Foreman	Illinois Tool Works Sees Upside Action on Takeover Rumors	Love	May 23, 2007
gonzoreborn	smart money magazine,a buffet value know what it does stock,tool works all over the world up23.11%	Love	April 06, 2007
ted2reb	Undervalued. Good dividend.	Love	February 07, 2007
Jose Moya	Just keep adding good business, latest is Click Commerce	Love	January 23, 2007
Larry Hamann	Housing industry may be turning around	Love	January 04, 2007