Fortive (FTV) Projected to Post Earnings on Wednesday

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) is projected to announce its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Wednesday, February 4th. Analysts expect Fortive to post earnings of $0.84 per share and revenue of $1.0934 billion for the quarter. Investors can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.

Fortive Price Performance

Shares of FTV stock opened at $53.71 on Tuesday. Fortive has a twelve month low of $46.34 and a twelve month high of $83.32. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $54.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $51.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.12.

Fortive Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Friday, November 28th were paid a $0.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 28th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. Fortive’s dividend payout ratio is 13.71%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on FTV. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Fortive from $54.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Truist Financial reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $58.00 price objective (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Fortive in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Fortive from $57.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Mizuho reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $51.00 price target (down from $54.00) on shares of Fortive in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “underweight” rating and set a $57.00 price objective (up from $55.00) on shares of Fortive in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Fortive currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $57.77.

Institutional Trading of Fortive

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Viking Global Investors LP grew its stake in Fortive by 28.7% during the 3rd quarter. Viking Global Investors LP now owns 20,483,680 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,003,495,000 after buying an additional 4,571,056 shares during the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Fortive by 205.6% in the third quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 3,719,200 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $182,204,000 after acquiring an additional 2,502,300 shares in the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Fortive by 70.9% during the third quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 2,349,575 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $115,106,000 after acquiring an additional 974,485 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in shares of Fortive by 82.2% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,002,805 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $98,117,000 after acquiring an additional 903,692 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Fortive by 84.9% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,870,554 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $91,638,000 after acquiring an additional 859,156 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.94% of the company’s stock.

Fortive Company Profile

Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) is a diversified industrial technology company headquartered in Everett, Washington. The company was created through a spin‑off from Danaher Corporation in 2016 and has since focused on building a portfolio of professional instrumentation and industrial technology businesses. In 2020 Fortive completed a further portfolio separation with the spin‑off of Vontier, concentrating Fortive’s activities on higher‑margin instrumentation, software and services.

Fortive’s operations center on professional test and measurement, sensing and monitoring, software‑enabled solutions, and lifecycle services that support industrial and commercial customers.