Fortive (FTV) Competitors

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Should you buy Fortive stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Fortive with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Fortive include Nordson (NDSN), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), IDEX (IEX), and Ingersoll Rand (IR).

How does Fortive compare to Nordson?

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fortive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Fortive had 8 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fortive and 5 mentions for Nordson. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Fortive's score of 0.77 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordson	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Fortive presently has a consensus target price of $61.54, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $311.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.53%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nordson is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Nordson	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Fortive pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fortive has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Nordson has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Nordson has a net margin of 18.39% compared to Fortive's net margin of 12.84%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.73% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%
Nordson	18.39%	19.73%	9.97%

Fortive has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. Nordson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$4.24B	4.27	$579.20M	$1.67	35.54
Nordson	$2.79B	5.63	$484.47M	$9.26	30.43

Summary

Nordson beats Fortive on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Fortive compare to Dover?

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Dover has a net margin of 13.30% compared to Fortive's net margin of 12.84%. Dover's return on equity of 18.01% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%
Dover	13.30%	18.01%	10.10%

Fortive currently has a consensus target price of $61.54, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Dover has a consensus target price of $237.36, indicating a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Dover's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dover is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Dover	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

In the previous week, Dover had 4 more articles in the media than Fortive. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Dover and 13 mentions for Fortive. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Dover's score of 0.52 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dover	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Fortive pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fortive has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the broader market.

Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Fortive. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$4.24B	4.27	$579.20M	$1.67	35.54
Dover	$8.09B	3.59	$1.09B	$8.02	26.92

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fortive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Dover beats Fortive on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Fortive compare to Emerson Electric?

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Fortive presently has a consensus price target of $61.54, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Emerson Electric has a consensus price target of $164.24, indicating a potential upside of 18.36%. Given Emerson Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Emerson Electric	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Fortive. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$4.24B	4.27	$579.20M	$1.67	35.54
Emerson Electric	$18.02B	4.31	$2.29B	$4.33	32.05

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the broader market.

Emerson Electric has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Fortive's net margin of 12.84%. Emerson Electric's return on equity of 17.18% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%
Emerson Electric	13.35%	17.18%	8.24%

In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 18 more articles in the media than Fortive. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Emerson Electric and 13 mentions for Fortive. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.68 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Emerson Electric	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

94.9% of Fortive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fortive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fortive pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fortive has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Emerson Electric has raised its dividend for 68 consecutive years. Emerson Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Emerson Electric beats Fortive on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Fortive compare to IDEX?

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Fortive currently has a consensus target price of $61.54, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $234.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
IDEX	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Fortive has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$4.24B	4.27	$579.20M	$1.67	35.54
IDEX	$3.46B	4.53	$483.20M	$6.76	31.31

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Fortive had 6 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fortive and 7 mentions for IDEX. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Fortive's score of 0.77 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDEX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fortive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

IDEX has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Fortive's net margin of 12.84%. IDEX's return on equity of 15.29% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%
IDEX	14.38%	15.29%	8.89%

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Fortive pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fortive has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and IDEX has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

IDEX beats Fortive on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Fortive compare to Ingersoll Rand?

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the broader market.

Fortive has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 7.54%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.79% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%
Ingersoll Rand	7.54%	12.79%	7.16%

In the previous week, Fortive had 5 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fortive and 8 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.43 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fortive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fortive pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fortive has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortive is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Fortive. Fortive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$4.24B	4.27	$579.20M	$1.67	35.54
Ingersoll Rand	$7.65B	3.70	$581.40M	$1.48	48.87

Fortive currently has a consensus price target of $61.54, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $93.38, suggesting a potential upside of 29.10%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Fortive on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FTV vs. The Competition

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Metric	Fortive	ELEC TEST EQUIPTMENT Industry	Computer Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$18.06B	$17.14B	$39.43B	$23.05B
Dividend Yield	0.40%	0.50%	3.20%	4.07%
P/E Ratio	35.47	32.30	164.91	28.52
Price / Sales	4.27	13.49	622.96	24.16
Price / Cash	14.25	28.95	47.82	25.11
Price / Book	2.97	4.36	9.56	4.77
Net Income	$579.20M	$494.95M	$1.03B	$1.06B
7 Day Performance	-2.57%	-0.91%	0.39%	-0.43%
1 Month Performance	-0.55%	0.32%	9.59%	2.06%
1 Year Performance	-18.54%	21.72%	164.62%	25.21%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
FTV Fortive	3.2767 of 5 stars	$59.12 -0.5%	$61.54 +4.1%	-19.4%	$18.03B	$4.24B	35.41	10,000	Analyst Upgrade Buyback Announcement
NDSN Nordson	4.1653 of 5 stars	$280.42 -1.0%	$311.50 +11.1%	+37.7%	$15.80B	$2.79B	30.28	8,000	Upcoming Earnings
DOV Dover	4.4046 of 5 stars	$220.85 -2.2%	$237.36 +7.5%	+15.6%	$30.41B	$8.09B	27.54	24,000	Dividend Announcement
EMR Emerson Electric	4.7621 of 5 stars	$135.62 -1.3%	$162.38 +19.7%	+13.4%	$77.25B	$18.02B	33.16	71,000	Trending News Analyst Revision
IEX IDEX	4.7856 of 5 stars	$213.95 -0.5%	$234.70 +9.7%	+11.3%	$15.91B	$3.46B	31.65	8,700	Positive News Insider Trade

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