Top Buys by Directors: Smith Jr.'s $1.7M Bet on ITW
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AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA Markets ITW Top Buys by Directors: Smith Jr.'s $1.7M Bet on ITW December 15, 2025 — 11:17 am EST Written by BNK Invest for BNK Invest-> The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by company directors over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $1.7M by David Byron Smith Jr., Director at Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (Symbol: ITW).
Purchased Insider Title Shares Price/Share Value 12/11/2025 David Byron Smith Jr. Director 6,709 $250.13 $1,678,122.17 Smith Jr.'s average cost works out to $250.13/share. Shares of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. were changing hands at $259.44 at last check, trading up about 0.4% on Monday. The chart below shows the one year performance of ITW shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, ITW's low point in its 52 week range is $214.66 per share, with $278.125 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $259.44. The current annualized dividend paid by Illinois Tool Works, Inc. is $6.44/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend has an upcoming ex-date of 12/31/2025. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for ITW, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 2.5% annualized yield is likely to continue. Free Report: Top 8%+ Dividends (paid monthly) Click here to find out which other top insider buys by company directors you need to know about » Also see: Institutional Holders of ECF Funds Holding CATF ETFs Holding TD The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Tags MarketsStocks BNK Invest BNK Invest Inc. provides investment services and information. BNK Invest owns and operates a market news family of websites including DividendChannel, ETFChannel, StockOptionsChannel, and others, which make up an investor community featuring stock message boards, ratings, research, and strategies. BNK Invest caters to investing firms and individual investors internationally. Institutional Holders of ECF-> Funds Holding CATF-> ETFs Holding TD-> More articles by this source-> Stocks mentioned ITW More Related Articles This data feed is not available at this time. Data is currently not available • Sign up for the TradeTalks newsletter to receive your weekly dose of trading news, trends and education. Delivered Wednesdays.