ITW - Illinois Tool Works Inc.

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Business Predictability Rank: 3-Star

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 3-Star stocks: 8.2%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 11%.

Top Ranked Predictable Companies & What is Predictability Rank?

P/E: (before NRI)	28.5	Lower P/E: GE (12.9), MMM.L (14.2), MMM (17.7), EMR (17.3),
Price/Book:	3	Lower P/B: GE (1.3), TYC (1.4), IR (1.7), ETN (1.6),
Price/Sales:	1.6	Lower P/S: GE (0.9), EMR (1.5), HON (0.8), TYC (1),
Net Margin:	4.88%	Higher Margin: TQ (846%), CFSG (35.33%), AMIN (35.03%),
Yield:	2.4%	Higher Yield: MAD (29.4%), FSS (4%), RGR (3.5%), EMR (3.3%),
Market Cap:	$24.8 Bil	EPS: (before NRI)	$1.74	Shares Outstanding:	500.14 Mil

General Industrials » Diversified Industrials COMPARE: NDSN, ENTG, DE, MMM

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. manufactures and markets a variety of productsand more

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Ticker	Company	Picked By	Date (?)	Action	Impact to Portfolio (?)	Price Range (Average)* (?)	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
ITW	Illinois...	John Rogers	2009-09-30	Reduce (history)	--0.12%	$34.86 - $44.45 ($40.78)	$ 49.51	21%	Reduce -23%	555,747
ITW	Illinois...	Ruane Cunniff	2009-09-30	Reduce (history)	--0.01%	$34.86 - $44.45 ($40.78)	$ 49.51	21%	Reduce -65.93%	11,065
ITW	Illinois...	NWQ Managers	2009-06-30	Sold Out (history)		$31.95 - $37.76 ($34.1)	$ 49.51	45%	Sold Out	0
ITW	Illinois...	Arnold Van Den Berg	2009-03-31	Sold Out (history)		$26.54 - $35.93 ($31.4)	$ 49.51	58%	Sold Out	0
ITW	Illinois...	John Rogers	2009-03-31	Reduce (history)	--0.36%	$26.54 - $35.93 ($31.4)	$ 49.51	58%	Reduce -44.07%	824,172
ITW	Illinois...	Kenneth Fisher	2008-12-31	Sold Out (history)		($32.3)	$ 49.51	53%	Sold Out	0
ITW	Illinois...	Arnold Van Den Berg	2008-12-31	Add (history)	0.23%	$30.21 - $33.81 ($32.3)	$ 49.51	53%	Add 9.46%	1,313,331
ITW	Illinois...	John Hussman	2008-09-30	Sold Out (history)		$44.77 - $49.66 ($47.4)	$ 49.51	4%	Sold Out	0
ITW	Illinois...	John Rogers	2008-09-30	Add (history)	0.19%	$44.77 - $49.66 ($47.4)	$ 49.51	4%	Add 27.22%	1,365,500
ITW	Illinois...	Arnold Van Den Berg	2008-09-30	Add (history)	0.4%	$44.77 - $49.66 ($47.4)	$ 49.51	4%	Add 21.69%	1,199,794
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ITW is held by these Gurus: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
ITW	Tom Gayner	2009-09-30	243029	0.05	0.77	0%
ITW	Brian Rogers	2009-09-30	4930600	0.99	1.34	-1.09%
ITW	John Rogers	2009-09-30	555747	0.11	0.53	-23%
ITW	Ruane Cunniff	2009-09-30	11065	0	0.01	-65.93%
ITW	Bill Nygren	2009-06-30	1100000	0.22	1.59	0%
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ITW: Insider Buys/Sells (?)

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)
SMITH HAROLD B	Director	2009-11-19	Sell	300000	$49.58	-0.14
Kropp Ronald D	Sr VP & CFO	2009-11-18	Sell	12000	$50.23	-1.43
MCCORMACK ROBERT C	Director	2009-11-18	Sell	62100	$50.29	-1.55
HINDMAN CRAIG A	Executive Vice President	2009-11-17	Sell	26171	$50.57	-2.1
Osterkorn Eugene A	VP & Controller, Ops	2009-11-17	Sell	4500	$51.02	-2.96
MCCORMACK ROBERT C	Director	2009-10-23	Sell	62100	$47.98	3.19
SANTI ERNEST SCOTT	Vice Chairman	2009-10-21	Sell	16640	$49.27	0.49
SPEER DAVID B	Chairman & CEO	2009-10-21	Sell	73550	$48.65	1.77
Osterkorn Eugene A	VP & Controller, Ops	2009-10-21	Sell	3500	$48.88	1.29
GRESH PHILIP M JR	Executive Vice President	2009-10-21	Sell	79596	$49.2	0.63

Quarterly/Annual Reports:

ITW: 10-Q - ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC (0000049826) (Filer): (10-Q) - 2009-10-30
ITW: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2009-05-08
ITW: Annual report: (10-K) - 2009-02-27
ITW: [Amend]Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]: (10-Q/A) - 2008-11-12
ITW: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2008-11-05

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