Fortive Corp [FTV] stock is trading at $72.39, up 2.81%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The FTV shares have gain 5.33% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.59%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Fortive Corp [NYSE: FTV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 08, 2024, when TD Cowen upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $90 from $75. Previously, JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral on April 17, 2024, and dropped its price target to $90. On March 14, 2024, Truist initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $99 on the stock. Vertical Research downgraded its rating to a Hold. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $70 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 26, 2023. Exane BNP Paribas started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on October 05, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $91. In a note dated August 07, 2023, Seaport Research Partners initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $92 on this stock.
Fortive Corp [FTV] stock has fluctuated between $63.05 and $87.10 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $84.53 within the next 12 months. Fortive Corp [NYSE: FTV] shares were valued at $72.39 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.77% based on the average FTV price forecast.
Analyzing the FTV fundamentals
Fortive Corp [NYSE:FTV] reported sales of 6.16B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.70%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.55% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.21%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.36.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 71.31 points at the first support level, and at 70.24 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 72.94, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 73.50.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Fortive Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.21. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.93, while the Cash Ratio is 0.31. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.12, the price to book ratio is 2.42 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 29.04.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Walker Stacey A., SVP – Human Resources, that happened on Feb 28 ’24 when 9106.0 shares were sold. SVP – Human Resources, Walker Stacey A. completed a deal on Feb 29 ’24 to sell 842.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP – Chief Financial Officer McLaughlin Charles E sold 40837.0 shares on Feb 28 ’24.
