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sellModerate cluster of 3

Axel Beck sold $1.2M of ITW

Executive Vice President at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4,223 shares at an average of $290.22, traded Feb 5, 2026, filed Feb 9, 2026.

Warning score
50
Value
$1.2M
4,223 shares
Holdings after
5,789
-42% from before
From 52-week low
+34%
low $210.37, close $282.92
From 52-week high
-0%
high $283.42, as of Feb 5, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.2M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 42% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ITWOct 9, 2026 · close 264.13
Since filing Feb 9, 2026: -7.4%SPY +13.1% · excess -20.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001798702-26-000002, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 5, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+3,261$128.00$417k7,404Feb 9, 2026
Feb 5, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,608$163.36$426k10,012Feb 9, 2026
Feb 5, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-4,223$290.22$1.2M5,789Feb 9, 2026
Feb 5, 2026MOption exercise
Employee Stock Optionderivative
-3,261$0.00$00Feb 9, 2026
Feb 5, 2026MOption exercise
Employee Stock Optionderivative
-2,608$0.00$00Feb 9, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
50Moderate
ITWsell 3
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Mary Katherine Lawler
SVP & Chief HR Officer
$5.0M
17,279 shares
-38%
50Moderate
ITWsell 3
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Ernest Scott Santi
Non-Executive Chairman
$49M
167,345 shares
-39%
48Moderate
ITWbuy
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
David Byron Smith Jr
director
$1.7M
6,709 shares
-
30Weak
ITWsell
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Pamela B Strobel
director
$373k
1,521 shares
-4%
35Weak
ITWsell
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Randall J Scheuneman
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
$1.8M
6,802 shares
-40%
22Weak
ITWbuy
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
David Byron Smith Jr
director
$210k
872 shares
+1%
50Moderate
ITWsell 2
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Michael M Larsen
SVP & CFO
$11M
41,472 shares
-45%
53Moderate
ITWsell 2
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Christopher A O'Herlihy
President & CEO
$13M
48,453 shares
-47%
30Weak
ITWsell
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Ernest Scott Santi
Non-Executive Chairman
$19M
73,453 shares
-22%
30Weak
ITWsell
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Ernest Scott Santi
Non-Executive Chairman
$18M
70,000 shares
-21%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Axel Beck sold $1.2M of ITW | InsiderTell