Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV)’s stock price has plunge by 0.55relation to previous closing price of 77.35. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 1.47% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2024-12-23 that EVERETT, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) today announced that it will webcast its earnings conference call for the fourth quarter 2024 on Friday, February 7, 2025 beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET and lasting approximately 1 hour. The call and an accompanying slide presentation will be webcast on the “Investors” section of Fortive’s website, www.fortive.com, under “Events/Presentations.” A replay of the webcast will be available at the same location shortly after th.
Is It Worth Investing in Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) Right Now?
Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.99x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for FTV is 1.14. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 7 rating it as “overweight,” 8 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for FTV is 345.62M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.30% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of FTV on January 15, 2025 was 2.66M shares.
FTV’s Market Performance
FTV’s stock has seen a 1.47% increase for the week, with a 1.23% rise in the past month and a -0.86% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.69%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.81% for Fortive Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.91% for FTV’s stock, with a 3.11% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of FTV
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FTV stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for FTV by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for FTV in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $86 based on the research report published on December 09, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to FTV, setting the target price at $84 in the report published on November 13th of the previous year.
FTV Trading at 2.14% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FTV to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -10.70% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.81%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.69%, as shares surge +1.52% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +9.24% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FTV rose by +1.80%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -9.29% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $75.59. In addition, Fortive Corp saw 3.70% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FTV starting from LICO JAMES A, who proposed sale 80,000 shares at the price of $74.84 back on Nov 15 ’24. After this action, LICO JAMES A now owns shares of Fortive Corp, valued at $5,986,880 using the latest closing price.
Underwood Peter C, the SVP – General Counsel of Fortive Corp, sale 5,000 shares at $76.58 during a trade that took place back on Nov 11 ’24, which means that Underwood Peter C is holding 48,346 shares at $382,900 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FTV
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.21 for the present operating margin
- 0.55 for the gross margin
The net margin for Fortive Corp stands at 0.16. The total capital return value is set at 0.07. Equity return is now at value 8.62, with 5.37 for asset returns.
Based on Fortive Corp (FTV), the company’s capital structure generated 0.27 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.38. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.37. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.74.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.57 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.86. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.39. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.09for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.32. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.23.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Fortive Corp (FTV) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
