Why did Fortive (FTV) stock move recently?

On 9/1/2026, Fortive moved -3.5% — Fortive shares fell as investors adjusted for the recent RAL spinoff (shareholders received 0.3333 RAL shares per FTV share held), with the stock holding near $58.86 after an earlier ~9% drop tied to spinoff data and updated valuation context. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Fortive (FTV) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Fortive's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 34.1, a forward P/E of about 17.6, a price-to-book of about 2.9 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Fortive's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.74×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Fortive's revenue?

Fortive reported revenue of $4.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $579.2M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Fortive (FTV)?

Fortive last traded at $56.94 (-1.1% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Fortive

FTV · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerFTV

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryScientific & Technical Instruments

CountryUnited States

Employees10,000

HeadquartersEverett, United States

Websitewww.fortive.com

Filings tracked14

About Fortive

Fortive Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets products, software, and services in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates through Intelligent Operating Solutions and Advanced Healthcare Solutions segments. The Intelligent Operating Solutions segment provides advanced instrumentation, software, and services, including maintenance, repair, measurement and condition monitoring, facility and asset lifecycle software applications, and connected worker safety and compliance solutions for manufacturing, process industries, healthcare, utilities and power, communications and electronics, and other industries. This segment markets its products and services under the ACCRUENT, FLUKE, GORDIAN, INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC, INTELEX, and SERVICECHANNEL brand names. The Advanced Healthcare Solutions segment provides critical workflow solutions comprising instrument sterilization, instrument tracking, biomedical test tools, radiation detection and safety monitoring, and end-to-end clinical productivity software and solutions under the ASP, CENSIS, FLUKE BIOMEDICAL, LANDAUER, and PROVATION brand names. Fortive Corporation was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Everett, Washington.

Who owns it

Insiders0.4%
Institutions99.6%
Public & other0.0%

1,163 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Dodge & Cox Inc.14.56%
Blackrock Inc.8.82%
Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc8.07%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.60%
Viking Global Investors, L.P.6.60%
State Street Corporation4.51%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.24%
Flossbach von Storch SE4.01%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 8.2 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.74×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend22.1% → 13.9%

Margin has compressed by about 8.2 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev 3% · PAT -18%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.1B · EPS 0.88

Est. earnings growth -2.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $4.5B · EPS 3.25

Est. earnings growth +7.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$4.2B

Net margin

13.9%

ROE

9.0%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+3.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-18.2%

EPS (FY2025)

1.73

Net profit (FY2025)

$579.2M

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Why it moved

Sep 1, 2026
Fortive shares fell as investors adjusted for the recent RAL spinoff (shareholders received 0.3333 RAL shares per FTV share held), with the stock holding near $58.86 after an earlier ~9% drop tied to spinoff data and updated valuation context.
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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$4.2B	$579.2M	1.73	13.9%	9.0%
FY2024	$4.1B	$832.9M	2.36	20.4%	8.2%
FY2023	$3.9B	$865.8M	2.43	22.1%	8.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$1.1B	$136.4M	0.44	12.8%
2025Q4	$1.1B	$185.7M	0.58	16.5%
2025Q3	$1.0B	$55.0M	0.16	5.4%
2025Q2	$1.0B	$166.6M	0.49	16.4%
2025Q1	$993.1M	$171.9M	0.50	17.3%
2024Q4	$1.1B	$208.8M	0.60	19.5%
2024Q3	$1.0B	$221.6M	0.63	22.1%
2024Q2	$1.0B	$195.1M	0.55	19.1%
2024Q1	$984.2M	$207.4M	0.58	21.1%
2023Q3	$1.5B	$218.0M	0.61	14.6%
2023Q2	$1.5B	$209.0M	0.59	13.7%
2023Q1	$1.5B	$173.6M	0.49	11.9%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC6/11/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/14/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/30/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/30/2026
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC3/20/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/25/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/4/2026material

2025

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/29/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/29/2025
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC10/16/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2025

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