NYSE:FTV - Fortive Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Fortive declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 30th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The technology company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $1.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.83 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 27.22% and a net margin of 16.38%. The firm's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.71 EPS. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.42-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.47. Fortive also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.83-0.87 EPS.

11 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Fortive's stock. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's stock price to reach $83.2222 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. 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 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

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Media headlines about FTV stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Fortive earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company an impact score of 47.78 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Fortive.

Fortive's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (6.80%), BlackRock Inc. (5.79%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.77%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.48%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.12%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.06%). Company insiders that own Fortive stock include Alan G Spoon, Barbara B Hulit, Charles E Mclaughlin, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, 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 Baird Financial Group Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., Flossbach Von Storch AG, Brown Advisory Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Sawgrass Asset Management LLC and United Services Automobile Association. 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, 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 FMR LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Jennison Associates LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Glenmede Trust Co. NA and Waddell & Reed Financial 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 $79.69.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $27.83 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]