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 Wednesday, January 30th. Investors of record on Friday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 21st. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 7th. The technology company reported $0.91 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $1.77 billion. Fortive had a net margin of 40.50% and a return on equity of 22.42%. Fortive's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Fortive's shares. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's share price to reach $85.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortive.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

Media stories about FTV stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very 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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Brown Advisory Inc. (1.89%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.52%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.10%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%) and Norges Bank (1.09%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Bessemer Group Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Inverness Counsel LLC NY. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Gates Capital Management Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Baillie Gifford & Co., Defender Capital LLC., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Waratah Capital Advisors 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 $82.23.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $27.52 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]