Ernest Scott Santi sold $49M of ITW
Chairman at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 167,345 shares at an average of $290.93, traded Feb 4, 2026, filed Feb 6, 2026.
Score components
- +15RoleDirector
- +25Trade size$48.7M at market
- +10Share of holdings soldSold 39% of holdings
- +15Cluster3 insiders selling within 14 days
- -15Exercise and sellShares came from an option exercise in the same filing
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.
This signal so far: 1m -5.6%, 3m -12.7%, 6m +2.3%.
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.
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 0001307581-26-000002, as filed. Open on EDGAR
| Date | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value | Holdings after | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | MOption exercise Common Stock | +167,345 | $144.21 | $24M | 426,111 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -47,885 | $288.72 | $14M | 378,226 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -17,864 | $289.85 | $5.2M | 360,362 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -20,833 | $290.65 | $6.1M | 339,529 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -19,471 | $291.90 | $5.7M | 320,058 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -57,361 | $292.72 | $17M | 262,697 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -3,931 | $293.43 | $1.2M | 258,766 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | MOption exercise Employee Stock Optionderivative | -167,345 | $0.00 | $0 | 0 | Feb 6, 2026 |
Related signals
Other insiders at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC and this insider’s other filings.
| Score | Company | Insider | Value | Holdings | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Weak | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Ernest Scott Santi Chairman | $12M 41,431 shares | -13% | |
| 32Weak | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Matteo C. Pigozzo VP & Chief Accounting Officer | $80k 277 shares | -8% | |
| 51Moderate | ITWbuy ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Jennifer F. Scanlon director | $200k 806 shares | +95% | |
| 50Moderate | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Mary Katherine Lawler SVP & Chief HR Officer | $5.0M 17,279 shares | -38% | |
| 50Moderate | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Axel Beck Executive Vice President | $1.2M 4,223 shares | -42% | |
| 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 | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | Michael M Larsen SVP & CFO | $11M 41,472 shares | -45% |
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.