Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control · SIC 3823

Fortive Corp

FTV

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Latest revenue

$1.07B

as of 2026-04-03

Latest net income

$136.4M

as of 2026-04-03

Net margin

12.8%

as of 2026-04-03

Price · 5Y

+2.0% / yr 11.7 pts / yr vs S&P 500 10.5% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$59.13
0.19%
Market cap
$18.03B
Enterprise value
$21.37B
P/E (trailing)
31.1×
Forward P/E
P/B
2.96×
Dividend yield
0.5%
52-wk high
$73.77
52-wk low
$46.34
Beta
Shares out
304.9M

5-year trend

What this company does

AI

Fortive makes industrial test instruments, software, and healthcare workflow tools — think electrical meters, facility management software, sterilization systems, and instrument tracking for hospitals. It earns roughly 80% of revenue selling products and software to manufacturers, utilities, and healthcare providers, with the rest from services, generating $1.07 billion in quarterly sales. The company just slimmed down to two segments after spinning off its Precision Technologies business as Ralliant in June 2025, and is aggressively buying back stock, repurchasing $500 million in shares this quarter.

Generated from FTV's filing dated 2026-02-25

Key risks

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  • Aggressive buybacks straining balance sheet: $500M repurchased in Q1 2026, funded partly by $592M commercial paper draw; equity fell from $6.45B to $6.09B.
  • Leverage rising: total debt now ~$3.49B with $899.8M current portion due, against just $356.1M cash; net debt grew as CP borrowings spiked.
  • Post-Ralliant spin-off concentration: business now reduced to two segments (IOS, AHS); Q1 sales growth of 7.7% must justify $7.3B goodwill / $2.1B intangibles.

Generated from FTV's filing dated 2026-02-25

Profitability

Gross margin

63.5%

6.1%

Operating margin

17.3%

10.6%

Net margin

13.9%

4.2%

Return on equity

9.0%

9.8%

Return on assets

4.9%

0.8%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.82×

22.2%

Long-term debt / equity

0.36×

9.3%

Debt / assets

45.0%

12.2%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q2 2026

2026-04-03

$1.07B+7.7%$136.4M-20.7%12.8%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$620.1M-71.2%$185.7M-11.1%29.9%

Q3 2025

2025-09-26

$1.03B+2.3%$55.0M-75.2%5.4%

Q2 2025

2025-06-27

$1.52B-2.2%$166.6M-14.6%11.0%

Q1 2025

2025-03-28

$993.1M-34.9%$171.9M-17.1%17.3%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$2.15B$208.8M9.7%

Q3 2024

2024-09-27

$1.00B-32.8%$221.6M+1.7%22.1%

Q2 2024

2024-06-28

$1.55B+1.7%$195.1M-6.7%12.6%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

Industry trend

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control · SIC 3823

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$1.0M

Insider selling

$6.4M

Net activity

−$5.4M

Distinct insiders

4

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-04

Peter C Underwood

SVP - Chief Legal Officer

Sale47,557$60.81$2.9M
2026-02-18

Kate Mitchell

Director

Sale7,131$58.34$416.0K
2025-11-10

Peter C Underwood

SVP - Chief Legal Officer

Sale58,133$51.28$3.0M
2025-10-31

Stacey A. Walker

SVP - Chief People Officer

Sale2,192$50.35$110.4K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns FTV

Institutional value

$8.20B

Total shares held

151.5M

Distinct holders

546

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.31.6M$1.75BNew
2VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC20.2M$1.12BNew
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC13.2M$727.2MNew
4FLOSSBACH VON STORCH SE11.9M$658.0MNew
5BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC9.2M$507.6MNew
6Invesco Ltd.7.8M$428.9MNew
7UBS Group AG4.4M$242.7MNew
8UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC4.2M$232.6MNew
9DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP3.1M$170.5MNew
10Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.2.9M$158.4MNew
11Legal & General Group Plc2.1M$115.3MNew
12FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC2.0M$113.2MNew
13Bank of New York Mellon Corp2.0M$112.2MNew
14VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO1.8M$97.2MNew
15DEUTSCHE BANK AG\1.7M$91.3MNew
16NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB1.6M$88.1MNew
17JANE STREET GROUP, LLC1.4M$78.1MNew
18JPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.3M$70.3MNew
19Swiss National Bank992.8K$54.9MNew
20Nuveen, LLC984.6K$54.4MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    You repurchased $500M of stock while drawing $592M in commercial paper—why lever up at these prices with $900M of debt maturing currently?

  2. 2

    Revenue grew 7.7% but SG&A only 2.2%; how much of the 160bps operating margin expansion is sustainable versus timing-related?

  3. 3

    Treasury shares jumped from $1.6B to $3.7B over twelve months—what's your framework if AHS organic growth disappoints again?

Refreshed when FTV files a new report · last from 2026-02-25