Fortive (FTV)

Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments · S&P 500
$57.89 +0.89% on the day Market cap $17.3B 52-week range $47.71 to $64.56 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $17.3B, Fortive's free cash flow of $978M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Fortive's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price3.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-0.5% a year
Revenue, same period-2.8% a year
Price to free cash flow17.7x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from FTV's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability7
Growth2
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)34.7x
P/E (forward)18.9x
Price / free cash flow17.7x
EV / EBITDA16.0x
Price / sales4.08x
Price / book2.84x
Revenue growth+7.7%
Operating margin17.6%
Net margin12.8%
Return on equity8.9%
Dividend yield0.35%
Debt / equity0.90x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Fortive's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.3B$5.8B$3.9B$4.1B$4.2B
Net income$574M$755M$866M$833M$579M
Free cash flow$911M$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$978M
EPS (diluted)$1.63$2.10$2.43$2.36$1.73
Operating margin15.5%16.9%14.7%17.6%17.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Intelligent Operating Solutions$2.9B69%
Advanced Healthcare Solutions$1.3B31%

Superinvestors who own FTV

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Added $2.7B1.4%Q2 2026
Andreas Halvorsen
Viking Global Investors
Trimmed $1.2B3.5%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $35M0.01%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $13M0.03%Q2 2026
Wallace Weitz
Weitz Investment Management
Trimmed $1M0.09%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Fortive's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of FTV in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Fortive's stock price imply?

At a market value of $17.3B, Fortive would need its free cash flow to grow about 3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -1% a year.

Are Fortive insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of FTV in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Fortive?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold FTV in their latest 13F, including Dodge & Cox, Andreas Halvorsen, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.