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Illinois Tool Works Inc. insider trading

In twelve months insiders at Illinois Tool Works bought $1.9M and sold $84.5M on the open market; none of the 20 sales was under a plan set in advance.

Bought on the open market$1.9M2 purchases
Sold on the open market$84.5M20 sales
Sales set in advanceNoneall 20 chosen by the insider
Pay taken in stock110 by own choice
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  1. Insiders are the people who run the company: officers, directors and owners of 10% or more. They must report a trade on Form 4 within two business days.
  2. A purchase on the open market is the strongest sign: the insider spent their own money.
  3. A sale under a trading plan (Rule 10b5-1) says little: its dates were fixed months before. Sales outside a plan say more, but insiders sell for many reasons, such as taxes or a house.
  4. Grants, option exercises and shares held back for tax are left out.
  5. What is a Form 4? · Form 4 codes

What kind of trades

2 purchases worth $1.9M against 20 sales worth $84.5M; no sale was under a plan set in advance.

Purchasebought with their own money
Pay in stock, own choiceowed cash, chose shares
Sale outside a planthe insider picked the day
Sale under a plandates fixed months before
Says littlecompany plans, board pay, cash units
Bought
211 says little
Sold
20 outside a plan

Every Form 4 line of the last twelve months, counted by kind. The grades come from the filing itself: whether the insider paid cash, whether a plan set the date, whether pay was taken in stock by choice.

Insider trades on the share price

last twelve months

16 marks over twelve months, each in its grade: solid for the stronger signs, hollow or grey for the ones that say little.

PurchasePay in stock, own choiceSale outside a planSale under a planSays little

The blue line is the daily close over twelve months. Each mark is one insider's trades on one day, on that day's price, sized by dollar value. Solid marks are the stronger signs; hollow and grey marks say little. Hover or tap a mark for who, how much and why.

Trades worth a closer look

A purchase stands out when two or more of these hold: a senior insider, several insiders buying within 90 days, a fall of 10% or more in the three months before, or over $1 million. A sale outside a plan is judged the same way. These are the Feed's rules.

Who traded

dollars, twelve months

8 insiders traded. The most: Santi Ernest Scott, sale outside a plan $78.2M; says little $550K.

One row per insider, sold to the left and bought to the right, split by grade: the paler part of a bar is the part that says little.

How it compares

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Open-market sales, twelve months

Open-market purchases, twelve months

    The bar ranks every company on the site from the lowest on the left to the highest on the right, in three equal thirds; the small figures under it are the values where each third starts, and the black tick is the middle company. The orange dot is this company; the grey ticks are the other companies in its industry (hover or tap for names). A hatched block is companies tied at none.

    Every Form 4 line

    Purchase: bought on the open market with their own moneyTook pay in stock, own choice: owed cash, chose shares instead; a softer signSale: sold on the open market, not under a plan set in advanceSale, trading plan: under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up months before, so the date was fixed in advanceGrey lines: plan purchases, pay in stock taken by the whole board or under a company plan, and units paid in cash; they say little about the insider's own view
    TradedInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValueFiling
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 20264,170$288.99$1.2 millionForm 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 20261,205$289.82$349,233Form 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 20262,793$291.00$812,763Form 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 2026926$291.79$270,198Form 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 202644,349$293.32$13.0 millionForm 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 20266,077$293.76$1.8 millionForm 4
    4 November 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 2% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 November 2026480$294.52$141,370Form 4
    19 August 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 13% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 19 August 202622,471$286.37$6.4 millionForm 4
    19 August 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 13% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 19 August 20268,142$287.35$2.3 millionForm 4
    19 August 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 13% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 19 August 20268,928$288.22$2.6 millionForm 4
    19 August 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 13% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 19 August 20261,890$289.19$546,569Form 4
    13 August 2026Pigozzo Matteo C.VP & Chief Accounting OfficerSaleafter a 16% rise over three months · 3% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 13 August 2026277$289.22$80,114Form 4
    7 August 2026Scanlon Jennifer F.DirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day118$296.66$35,000Form 4
    7 August 2026Smith David Byron JrDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day130$296.66$38,566Form 4
    7 August 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day118$296.66$35,000Form 4
    7 August 2026Crown SusanDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day58$296.66$17,206Form 4
    2 June 2026Scanlon Jennifer F.DirectorPurchaseafter a 13% fall over three months · 17% below its one-year high806$247.99$199,880Form 4
    8 May 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day1,883$254.76$479,713Form 4
    8 May 2026Crown SusanDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day833$254.76$212,215Form 4
    8 May 2026Smith David Byron JrDirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day917$254.76$233,615Form 4
    8 May 2026Scanlon Jennifer F.DirectorTook pay in stockone of 4 insiders the same day846$254.76$215,527Form 4
    6 February 2026Lawler Mary KatherineSVP & Chief HR OfficerSaleafter a 20% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 6 February 202617,279$291.90$5.0 millionForm 4
    5 February 2026Beck AxelExecutive Vice PresidentSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 5 February 20264,223$290.22$1.2 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 202647,885$288.72$13.8 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 202617,864$289.85$5.2 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 202620,833$290.65$6.1 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 202619,471$291.90$5.7 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 202657,361$292.72$16.8 millionForm 4
    4 February 2026Santi Ernest ScottDirectorSaleafter a 18% rise over three months · at its one-year high · Form 144 notice 4 February 20263,931$293.43$1.2 millionForm 4
    10 December 2025Smith David Byron Jr, by TrustDirectorPurchaseafter a 3% fall over three months · 8% below its one-year high6,709$250.13$1.7 millionForm 4
    7 November 2025Smith David Byron JrDirectorTook pay in stockone of 3 insiders the same day157$245.49$38,542Form 4
    7 November 2025Santi Ernest ScottDirectorTook pay in stockone of 3 insiders the same day142$245.49$34,860Form 4
    7 November 2025Ford Darrell LDirectorTook pay in stockone of 3 insiders the same day142$245.49$34,860Form 4
    A filing with several lines appears once per line.
    Read morePay taken in stock by the insider's own choice has the filing's footnote, word for word, in the note under it; for the others, hold the pointer on the type. An award filed at no price shows n/a.