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FTV vs. AME, DCI, DOV, IEX, IR, ITT, PH, PNR, TEL, and XYL

Should you be buying Fortive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortive include AMETEK (AME), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), TE Connectivity (TEL), and Xylem (XYL).

Fortive vs. Its Competitors

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fortive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fortive pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 20.3% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and AMETEK has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. AMETEK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Fortive had 19 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Fortive and 15 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Fortive's score of 0.41 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fortive
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AMETEK
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Fortive presently has a consensus price target of $77.08, indicating a potential upside of 45.32%. AMETEK has a consensus price target of $197.89, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Given Fortive's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fortive is more favorable than AMETEK.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fortive
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
AMETEK
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Fortive has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fortive$6.23B2.89$832.90M$2.2823.26
AMETEK$6.94B6.06$1.38B$6.1129.84

AMETEK has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Fortive's net margin of 12.90%. AMETEK's return on equity of 16.75% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fortive12.90% 13.19% 7.95%
AMETEK 20.43%16.75%10.90%

Summary

AMETEK beats Fortive on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FTV vs. The Competition

MetricFortiveELEC TEST EQUIPTMENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.03B$14.32B$27.40B$20.45B
Dividend Yield0.60%0.75%3.13%3.72%
P/E Ratio23.2624.8936.8927.83
Price / Sales2.8947.482,027.1646.02
Price / Cash9.6124.2034.7718.22
Price / Book1.803.517.244.59
Net Income$832.90M$510.76M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.61%1.19%1.71%1.73%
1 Month Performance-27.42%-2.14%5.17%4.26%
1 Year Performance-26.75%-3.53%52,368.03%14.35%

Fortive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTV
Fortive
4.9228 of 5 stars
$53.04
0.0%
$77.08
+45.3%
-26.8%$18.03B$6.23B23.2618,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AME
AMETEK
4.033 of 5 stars
$181.20
+0.4%
$197.89
+9.2%
+11.2%$41.84B$6.94B29.6619,600Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.9886 of 5 stars
$69.39
-0.3%
$70.00
+0.9%
+1.7%$8.09B$3.65B23.2914,000Analyst Downgrade
DOV
Dover
4.9051 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+6.0%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000
IEX
IDEX
4.617 of 5 stars
$175.67
-0.4%
$212.50
+21.0%
-6.9%$13.27B$3.27B27.849,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.9744 of 5 stars
$83.28
-1.2%
$97.80
+17.4%
-4.8%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.2983 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+27.1%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3795 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+42.3%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.5861 of 5 stars
$102.70
-0.8%
$107.14
+4.3%
+43.7%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.3561 of 5 stars
$168.87
+1.2%
$162.50
-3.8%
+16.6%$50.08B$16.03B37.1187,000Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.4009 of 5 stars
$129.44
+0.9%
$143.71
+11.0%
-1.5%$31.50B$8.56B34.8017,800Positive News

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