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. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The technology company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.03. The technology company earned $1.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.71 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 29.86% and a net margin of 16.12%. Fortive's revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.40-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.49. Fortive also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.86-0.90 EPS.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price targets 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 year. View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

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Press coverage about FTV stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Fortive earned a media sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Fortive's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.79%), Northern Trust Corp (1.24%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.20%), Royal Bank of Canada (1.04%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.79%) and Winslow Capital Management LLC (0.74%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Swiss National Bank, Flossbach Von Storch AG, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC, Winslow Capital Management LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.. 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Franklin Resources Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Scopus Asset Management L.P., State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Saya Management LP and BlackRock 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 $78.80.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $28.01 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]