Stock · FTV · Technology
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2016 · Revenue 12 mo. $4.3B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Fortive Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets products, software, and services in the United States, China, and internationally.
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.
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Summary
57.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €877.7M (2025), it supports €9.8B. The remaining €7.3B of the market value assume it grows 7.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
7.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 19.1×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.8× to 16.1×, median 14.5×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
4 more unchanged: FCF, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Net debt, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 8.98% | 14.60% | Rank 32 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 336.88% | 29.77% | Rank 93 |
| EBIT margin | 17.67% | 17.40% | Rank 52 |
| FCF margin | 19.02% | 18.54% | Rank 53 |
| Gross margin | 60.96% | 48.47% | Rank 66 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −17.48% | 12.70% | Rank 0 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −4.67% | 9.54% | Rank 20 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −16.60% | 14.07% | Rank 4 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.04% | 2.87% | Rank 41 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.77% | 2.64% | Rank 53 |
| FCF yield | 5.15% | 3.06% | Rank 71 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 4.24 | 5.18 | Rank 60 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 24.01 | 26.24 | Rank 57 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 18.37% | −0.59% | Rank 76 |
| Share price, 6 months | 8.66% | −4.46% | Rank 67 |
| Share price, 3 months | 11.06% | −5.84% | Rank 78 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −4.35% | −33.23% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.56% | 1.65% | Rank 77 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −9.47% | −0.17% | Rank 98 |
| Dividend streak in years | 9 | 8 | Rank 71 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 3.81% | −1.57% | Rank 76 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 54.98% | 53.98% | Rank 51 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.36 | −0.20 | Rank 12 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.50 | 0.33 | Rank 34 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 27.20% | 50.37% | Rank 98 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6.2 | 20.4% | $1.0B | 347M | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 20.2% | $1.0B | 353M | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 18.4% | $1.2B | 351M | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 11.6% | $1.2B | 340M | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 4.6 | 14.0% | $1.4B | 359M | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 15.8% | $911.1M | 352M | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 17.3% | $1.2B | 361M | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 18.7% | $1.2B | 356M | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 18.9% | $1.4B | 353M | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 17.7% | $978.1M | 319M | 2.8 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Fortive Corp mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Fortive Corp is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Fortive Corp.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 36.0 | 35.1 |
| P/B ratio | 3.2 | 5.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.0% | 14.6% |
| Equity ratio | 55.0% | 54.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.50 | 0.33 |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.9% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| FTV | Fortive Corpthis page | |
| MKSI | MKS Instruments Inc | locked |
| TRMB | Trimble Inc | Low1.8 |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | Low3.6 |
| COHR | Coherent Corp | locked |
| KEYS | Keysight Technologies Inc | locked |
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