Illinois Tool Works, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Former Officer Schott Jennifer Kaplan acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.87 million on Jun 12 ’25. In the deal valued at $246.33 per share,3,536 shares were bought.
Then, SMITH DAVID BYRON JR bought 872 shares, generating $210,292 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $241.16, the Director now owns 122,884 shares.
Before that, Schott Jennifer Kaplan bought 3,559 shares. Illinois Tool Works, Inc shares valued at $871,955 were divested by the Former Officer at a price of $245.00 per share.
Truist downgraded its Illinois Tool Works, Inc [ITW] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BofA Securities’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early May from “a Neutral” to “an Underperform”. Deutsche Bank also remained covering ITW and has increased its forecast on February 19, 2025 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Sell” rating. Barclays revised its rating on December 05, 2024. It rated ITW as “an Equal weight” which previously was an “an Underweight”.
Price Performance Review of ITW
On Friday, Illinois Tool Works, Inc [NYSE:ITW] saw its stock fall -1.43% to $252.31. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.59%. Illinois Tool Works, Inc shares have risen nearly 1.19% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -0.49% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $279.13 was reached on 03/10/25, a 52-week low of $214.66 was recorded on 04/08/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For ITW Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 250.02, which if violated will result in even more drops to 247.73. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 254.25. A further resistance level may holdings at 256.19.
How much short interest is there in Illinois Tool Works, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Illinois Tool Works, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.3 million shares to a total of 6.12 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.42 million shares. There was a decline of -4.98%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
