NYSE:FTV - Fortive Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Fortive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The technology company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87. The technology company earned $1.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.89 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 17.41% and a net margin of 37.57%. Fortive's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.86 earnings per share. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Fortive's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $99.00. On average, they expect Fortive's share price to reach $81.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortive.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

News headlines about FTV stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fortive.

Fortive saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,760,000 shares, a decline of 5.2% from the December 15th total of 7,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Fortive's Current Options Chain.

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Fortive's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.17%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.09%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.08%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.06%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%) 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, Martin Gafinowitz, 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, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Welch & Forbes LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Investment Group LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Company insiders that have sold Fortive company stock in the last year include Barbara B Hulit, Emily A Weaver, Jonathan L Schwarz, Martin Gafinowitz, Stacey A Walker and William W Pringle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortive.

FTV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., TIAA FSB, Sciencast Management LP, Alpine Global Management LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, New England Research & Management Inc. and Farmers & Merchants Investments 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FTV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.39.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $25.99 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.View Additional Information About Fortive.

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]