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Illinois Tool Works ITW

US equityMarket cap rank #216Specialty Industrial Machinery
$270.76
−$2.67 (-0.97%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $273.42 0.00%
Open$271.80
Prev close$273.42
Day range$270.56 – $274.14
Volume366.9K
Market cap$77.11B
P/E (TTM)24.5
Dividend yield2.38%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership86.6%-0.08 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,220-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)12 buys / 2 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.08% of floatDays to cover 9.5 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share18.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

10%19%27%35%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$19.37M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Largest holders

  • Briar Hall Management LLC9.06%
  • BlackRock8.17%
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company7.38%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.66%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.49%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund57.23%
  • Family Office/Trust9.44%
  • Private Company8.82%
  • Public Company4.65%
  • Hedge Fund2.60%
  • Government Pension Fund1.91%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.19%
  • Insurance Company0.39%
Institutional holders2,220
Institutional ownership86.6%

Insider activity

Total transactions27
Bought12
Sold2

Short interest

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
31 Aug 2026 8,759,556 3.1% 9.5
14 Aug 2026 8,755,439 3.1% 9.0
31 Jul 2026 8,917,903 3.1% 4.8
15 Jul 2026 9,536,648 3.3% 8.1
30 Jun 2026 10,136,715 3.5% 6.0
15 Jun 2026 9,514,135 3.3% 7.5
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