The stock of Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) has increased by 0.44 when compared to last closing price of 73.18.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -3.25% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-03-07 that EVERETT, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) today announced that James A. Lico, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Olumide Soroye, President and Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Operating Solutions and Advanced Healthcare Solutions, will be presenting at the J.P. Morgan 2025 Industrials Conference on Thursday, March 13th, 2025 at 8:15 a.m. ET (5:15 a.m. PT). The audio will be simultaneously webcast and will be archived on www.fortive.com. ABOUT FOR.
Is It Worth Investing in Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) Right Now?
Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 31.12x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.12. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 7 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for FTV is 338.72M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.12% of that float. On April 02, 2025, the average trading volume of FTV was 2.53M shares.
FTV’s Market Performance
FTV stock saw a decrease of -3.25% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -6.96% and a quarterly a decrease of -2.84%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.23%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.97% for Fortive Corp (FTV).. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.69% for FTV’s stock, with a -2.66% 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 -5.87% 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 -14.47% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.97%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.23%, as shares sank -4.81% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -6.86% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FTV fell by -3.25%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -0.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $74.76. In addition, Fortive Corp saw -2.00% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FTV starting from Walker Stacey A., who sale 3,002 shares at the price of $79.05 back on Feb 28 ’25. After this action, Walker Stacey A. now owns 42,373 shares of Fortive Corp, valued at $237,308 using the latest closing price.
McLaughlin Charles E, the SVP – Chief Financial Officer of Fortive Corp, sale 32,085 shares at $78.86 during a trade that took place back on Feb 28 ’25, which means that McLaughlin Charles E is holding 76,126 shares at $2,530,223 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FTV
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.18 for the present operating margin
- 0.6 for the gross margin
The net margin for Fortive Corp stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 8.12, with 4.91 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 0.41. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.36. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.48.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.67 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.9. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.48. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.59for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.13.
Conclusion
To sum up, Fortive Corp (FTV) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
