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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 24th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The technology company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the 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 business's revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (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 twelve-month price targets for Fortive's stock. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's share price to reach $80.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% 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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News headlines about FTV stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Fortive earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 45.22 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Fortive's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.36%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.10%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.04%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Park National Corp OH, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Addenda Capital Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Addenda Capital Inc., Clinton Group Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Welch & Forbes LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc. and IFM Investors Pty 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 $77.57.

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]