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 Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The technology company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.06. The technology company earned $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.95 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 17.53% and a net margin of 10.09%. The business's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.91 EPS. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.68-3.78 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.78.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Fortive's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $99.00. On average, they expect Fortive's stock price to reach $82.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortive.

15 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

News articles about FTV stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a media sentiment score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fortive.

Fortive saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 7,460,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the January 30th total of 7,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Fortive's Current Options Chain.

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Fortive's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.37%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.30%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.43%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (0.94%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.72%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.63%). Company insiders that own Fortive stock include Alan G Spoon, Barbara B Hulit, Charles E Mclaughlin, Christopher M Mulhall, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Marshall Wace LLP, Williams Jones Wealth Management LLC., King Luther Capital Management Corp and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Fortive company stock in the last year include Barbara B Hulit, Charles E Mclaughlin, Christopher M Mulhall, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, Jonathan L Schwarz, Martin Gafinowitz and Stacey A Walker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortive.

FTV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Cipher Capital LP. 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 $71.09.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $23.87 billion and generates $7.32 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $738.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.48 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]