Fortive (FTV) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FTV shares.
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10 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Fortive's shares. Their FTV share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $78.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price.
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Fortive's stock was trading at $64.25 at the start of the year. Since then, FTV shares have increased by 14.4% and is now trading at $73.50.
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Fortive saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,710,000 shares, a drop of 9.4% from the August 31st total of 5,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,750,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Fortive Co. (NYSE:FTV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The technology company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.04. The technology company earned $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.51 billion. Fortive had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.99% and a net margin of 13.39%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.78 earnings per share.
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Fortive announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 17th. Investors of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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Fortive (NYSE:FTV) pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.38%. The dividend payout ratio is 12.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FTV will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Fortive announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 17th 2022, which allows the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Fortive updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.82-$0.85 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.50 billion-$1.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.51 billion.

25 employees have rated Fortive Chief Executive Officer James A. Lico on Glassdoor.com. James A. Lico has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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Fortive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FTV."

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One share of FTV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.50.

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) has a market capitalization of $25.87 billion and generates $5.83 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $755.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,000 workers across the globe.

Fortive's mailing address is 6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA, 98203. The official website for the company is www.fortive.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (425) 446-5000 or via email at investors@fortive.com.