Monday, December 28, 2015

Illinois Tool Works Outlook for 2016

During its recent investor and analyst day, Illinois Tool Works reiterated its performance goals for 2017. Its management has set its targets as the fruition of a five-year enterprise strategy plan intended to increase margin and revenue growth. Let's look at the analyst day presentation in the context of making a decision to buy the stock or not.

The company's enterprise plan means the stock offers self-help growth opportunities -- not a bad quality in a sluggish economy -- but ultimately its fortunes are still tied to the industrial economy. The question is whether the former is enough to offset any difficulties with the latter in 2016.

READ THE FULL EQUITY RESEARCH ARTICLE LINKED

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