ITW Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

ITW insider buying and selling over the past year

Over the past year ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC insiders filed 5 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $1.68M and 4 sales worth $55.33M — which makes them net sellers by $53.65M.

None of the 4 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (3 trades) and 2025-11 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-02-06. The average open-market sale price was $290.64; the last close of $272.28 is 6.3% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 167,345 shares worth $48.69M on 2026-02-04. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -7.3%, from $293.57. Insiders paid an average of $250.13 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $272.28 that cost basis is sitting on a gain at +8.9%.

Where ITW trades relative to its one-year range

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC closed at $272.28 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $241.07 to $299.60. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 53.3% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +10.3%, and over roughly three months -1.4%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 1,403,095 shares.

Across 75 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 35) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +17.7%. ITW is behind that median and beat 41% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded ITW

STOCK Act disclosures show 39 trades in ITW by 11 members of Congress over five years (19 purchases, 20 sales), most recently on 2026-09-11. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 16 trades; Kevin Hern (R-OK), 5 trades; Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 4 trades; Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), 3 trades; Bruce Westerman (R-AR), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 22 by Republicans, 17 by Democrats; by chamber, 34 from the House, 5 from the Senate.

ITW lobbying disclosures

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC appears in 2 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $90.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare ITW with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to ITW:

• HPQ one-year return +10.3%
• ETN one-year return +4.2%
• DOV one-year return +17.9%
• IR one-year return +2.6%
• ANET one-year return +21.2%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-02-06
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-11
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

ITW data questions

Are ITW insiders buying or selling stock?

Over the past year ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC insiders filed 5 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $1.68M and 4 sales worth $55.33M — which makes them net sellers by $53.65M.

What is the one-year price range for ITW?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, ITW traded between $241.07 and $299.60, last closing at $272.28.

Has any member of Congress traded ITW stock?

Yes. 11 members disclosed 39 trades in ITW over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-11.