NYSE:FTV - Fortive Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Fortive announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The technology company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87. The technology company had revenue of $1.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.89 billion. Fortive had a net margin of 37.57% and a return on equity of 17.41%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $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.

Fortive issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.42-3.47 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.48.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Fortive's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $99.00. On average, they anticipate Fortive's stock price to reach $81.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% 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.

Media stories about FTV stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 daily trading volume, of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Fortive's Current Options Chain.

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Fortive's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.09%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.06%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.05%), Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC (0.04%) and TIAA FSB (0.03%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Welch & Forbes LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Northstar Asset Management LLC, Park National Corp OH and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 purchased 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., New England Research & Management Inc., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $78.78.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $26.45 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]