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

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

Fortive announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 12th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 7th. The technology company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.06. The technology company earned $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.77 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 22.42% and a net margin of 40.50%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $3.55. Fortive also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.64-0.68 EPS.

11 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Fortive's stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's share price to reach $85.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.1%. 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.

News stories about FTV stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Fortive's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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%), Defender Capital LLC. (0.06%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.06%) and Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.05%). 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 Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Conning Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Park National Corp OH, Steinberg Global Asset Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.. 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, Defender Capital LLC., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Sciencast Management LP and Waverton Investment Management Ltd. 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 $88.96.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $29.81 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]