NYSE:FTV - Fortive Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Fortive announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 24th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The technology company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The technology company had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Fortive had a net margin of 16.12% and a return on equity of 29.86%. The company's revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.60 earnings per share. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.40-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.49. Fortive also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.86-0.90 EPS.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Fortive's stock. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's stock price to reach $80.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Media headlines about FTV stock have trended positive this week, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Fortive earned a news impact score of 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the technology company an impact score of 46.26 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Fortive's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.04%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.02%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.02%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Fortive stock include Charles E Mclaughlin, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, Raj Ratnakar and Stacey A Walker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fortive.

FTV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Addenda Capital Inc., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and Lodestar Investment Counsel LLC IL. Company insiders that have sold Fortive company stock in the last year include Charles E Mclaughlin, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico and Stacey A Walker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortive.

FTV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Addenda Capital Inc., Clinton Group Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cullinan Associates Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS and YHB Investment Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortive.

Shares of FTV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FTV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.22.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $26.92 billion and generates $6.66 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $1.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.89 on an earnings per share basis. Fortive employs 26,000 workers across the globe.

Fortive's mailing address is 6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA, 98203. The technology company can be reached via phone at 425-446-5000 or via email at [email protected]