Argus lowered the firm’s price target on Illinois Tool Works to $275 from $290 but keeps a Buy rating on the shares after its Q1 results and guidance. The company is on track to deliver low single-digit sales growth over the long term, which, along with margin expansion, has the potential to drive high single-digit EPS growth over the course of the economic cycle, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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