NYSE:FTV - Fortive Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Fortive declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, June 28th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 30th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 7th. The technology company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.06. The technology company had revenue of $1.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.77 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 22.42% and a net margin of 40.50%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.82 earnings per share. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8444432871.

Fortive issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.40-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.55. Fortive also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.64-0.68 EPS.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Fortive's stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's stock price to reach $85.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortive.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

Media stories about FTV stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Fortive's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.35%), First Manhattan Co. (0.27%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.15%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.14%), Defender Capital LLC. (0.06%) and Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Fortive stock include Alan G Spoon, Barbara B Hulit, Charles E Mclaughlin, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, Jonathan L Schwarz, Raj Ratnakar, Stacey A Walker and William W Pringle. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fortive.

FTV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Conning Inc., Bailard Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Granite Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Fortive company stock in the last year include Barbara B Hulit, Charles E Mclaughlin, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, Jonathan L Schwarz, Raj Ratnakar, Stacey A Walker and William W Pringle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortive.

FTV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Manhattan Co., Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Enterprise Bank & Trust Co, Defender Capital LLC., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. and Sciencast Management LP. 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 $89.06.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $29.84 billion and generates $6.45 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $2.91 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.06 on an earnings per share basis. Fortive employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Fortive is http://www.fortive.com.

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]