Fortive (FTV) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FTV shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Fortive's stock. Their FTV share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $90.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $78.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price.
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Fortive's stock was trading at $64.25 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FTV stock has increased by 15.8% and is now trading at $74.37.
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Fortive saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,710,000 shares, a decrease 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 presently 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The technology company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.04. The technology company had revenue of $1.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. Fortive had a net margin of 13.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.99%. The company's revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.78 earnings per share.
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Fortive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Fortive (NYSE:FTV) stock in their portfolio include Gabelli Automation ETF (GAST), Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE), WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA), Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF (PLDR), Adasina Social Justice All Cap Global ETF (JSTC), First Trust Bloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity ETF (FTIF) and BlackRock Large Cap Value ETF (BLCV).

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 declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, February 17th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Fortive updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share 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 $74.37.

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) has a market capitalization of $26.18 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.