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Fortive FTV

Fortive scores average on business quality (4.7 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$57.26Oct 9, 2026
Business qualityAverage
Next earningsOct 28, 2026
Insiders, 90 daysSelling

Why it matters

  1. What Fortive does

    Fortive designs professional instrumentation, automation, and software, selling precision tools to industrial and healthcare clients globally.

  2. What it does best

    Fortive commands a gross margin of 63.2%, outperforming peer DOV at 40.1% due to specialized, high-specification instrumentation that customers rarely replace.

  3. The main risk

    Valuation debates are intensifying as the stock trades at 57.47 against a calculated intrinsic value of 30.10, leaving zero margin for error if growth stalls.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityFair

Operating margins hit 18.2% on strong gross margins of 63.2%, proving that scale yields reliable conversion into cash despite sluggish growth.

MoatFair

A gross margin sitting in the 93rd sector percentile reflects deep customer lock-in through proprietary diagnostic systems that rivals cannot easily duplicate.

GrowthSlow

Revenue growth of 1.9% sits in the bottom quartile of its sector, showing a stark slowdown from prior years as top-line momentum stalls.

Financial healthFair

Total debt sits at $3.2B with an interest coverage of 6.4x, while free cash flow stands at $955M, reflecting a steady financial foundation.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

1 sold $533K outside pre-planned sales.

Our sealed record on FTV

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is FTV a good business?

Fortive scores average on the Cluenex quality check (4.7 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth slow and financial health fair.

Are insiders buying FTV?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 sold $533K outside pre-planned sales.

When does FTV report earnings?

Oct 28, 2026.

For members

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Fortive (FTV)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/ftv/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.