Fortive Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:FTV)

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

Fortive announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Fortive's Dividend History.

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The technology company reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.01. The technology company earned $1.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.93 billion. Fortive had a net margin of 38.22% and a return on equity of 18.43%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.91 EPS. View Fortive's Earnings History.

Fortive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fortive.

Fortive will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th 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, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.45-3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.59.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Fortive's shares. Their predictions range from $65.00 to $99.00. On average, they expect Fortive's share price to reach $79.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortive.

14 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fortive.

News articles about FTV stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Fortive.

Fortive saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,740,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the August 15th total of 7,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,980,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.49%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.16%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.10%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.07%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.06%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, PFG Advisors, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Webster Bank N. A., Toth Financial Advisory Corp and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have sold Fortive company stock in the last year include Barbara B Hulit, Emily A Weaver, James A Lico, Jonathan L Schwarz, Martin Gafinowitz, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Addenda Capital Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Capital Investment Services of America Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, YHB Investment Advisors Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FTV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.35.

Fortive has a market capitalization of $23.27 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]