Congress trades in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)
9 of the members we track disclosed 12 purchases of ITW between 2021-10-20 and 2025-11-05, and 11 sales. Here is what the stock did afterwards.
Every purchase is measured over the three months after the transaction date, against XLI — the ETF standing in for Industrials — over exactly the same dates. The second figure is the one that carries information: the first mostly reflects what the sector did. How ITW was classified.
How these buys are tagged
1 of these purchases were made by a member whose own committee oversees Industrials. 9 are marked Cluster: A buy is marked Cluster when at least one other tracked member of Congress bought the same stock within 30 days of it, regardless of committee membership.
| Buys | Number | Return after 3 months | vs. sector | Beat their sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All buys | 12 | +7.4% | -2.2% | 50% |
| Notable (committee-flagged) | 1 | Too few buys to measure | ||
| Unaligned (no committee overlap) | 11 | +6.4% | -1.5% | 55% |
| Cluster, excl. mega-caps | 9 | +7.9% | -4.2% | 33% |
| Not clustered, excl. mega-caps | 3 | Too few buys to measure | ||
Who bought the most
- Richard McCormick — 2 buys
- Lisa C. McClain — 2 buys
- Jared Moskowitz — 2 buys
- Bruce Westerman — 1 buy
- Carol Miller — 1 buy
Every disclosed purchase
| Member | Bought disclosed |
Signal | Price | 1W | 1M | 3M | vs sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard McCormick | 2025-11-05 2025-12-09 |
Unaligned Cluster | $245.06 | +0.2% | +1.9% | +17.8% | +7.3% |
| Lisa C. McClain | 2025-10-30 2025-11-21 |
Unaligned Cluster | $243.64 | +0.3% | +2.3% | +7.9% | +0.7% |
| Lisa C. McClain | 2025-06-17 2025-08-13 |
Unaligned | $241.18 | +1.9% | +6.8% | +8.6% | +2.1% |
| Bruce Westerman | 2025-04-08 2025-05-12 |
Notable Cluster | $218.41 | +6.0% | +11.3% | +18.1% | -9.8% |
| Jared Moskowitz | 2025-04-07 2025-05-09 |
Unaligned Cluster | $221.75 | +5.3% | +8.4% | +14.8% | -12.0% |
| Carol Miller | 2025-03-10 2025-04-11 |
Unaligned Cluster | $267.67 | -4.3% | -12.3% | -7.6% | -17.2% |
| C. Franklin | 2024-09-25 2024-10-15 |
Unaligned | $258.06 | +1.5% | -1.5% | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| John James | 2023-11-10 2024-09-02 |
Unaligned Cluster | $232.49 | +3.2% | +7.4% | +10.0% | -4.0% |
| Tommy Tuberville | 2023-10-17 2023-11-16 |
Unaligned Cluster | $235.30 | -5.2% | +1.6% | +7.8% | +0.2% |
| Richard McCormick | 2023-03-15 2025-09-17 |
Unaligned Cluster | $228.55 | +1.1% | +1.2% | +7.0% | -0.3% |
| Jared Moskowitz | 2023-02-21 2023-03-10 |
Unaligned Cluster | $233.40 | -0.1% | -0.9% | -4.4% | -2.3% |
| Kevin Hern | 2021-10-20 2021-11-05 |
Unaligned | $223.67 | -0.7% | +8.2% | +8.3% | +9.0% |
Prices are the closing price on the transaction date, not what was paid: filings never disclose an execution price. Blank figures mean the window has not elapsed yet. Sales are not scored — a sale closes a position rather than opening one — so the 11 disclosed sales of ITW are not in this table.
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Data last updated .