Fortive Corporation

FTV Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.91%, EPS grew 6.12%, free cash flow fell 9.82% and total debt fell 27.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500.

57.79 0.01 +0.02%
Market cap
$17.5B
P/E
33.6×
Fwd P/E
30.8×
Dividend yield
0.43%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.22
Beneish M
−2.71
Dividend safety
12/100

Fortive Corporation (FTV) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, Fortive Corporation (FTV) trades at a EV/Sales of 5.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.1× (October 2016) to 7.1× (December 2025); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 4.7× and above the Technology sector median of 2.7×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 5.1× (8.26%)
FY2024 5.5× 0.93%
FY2023 5.5× 61.63%
FY2022 3.4× (23.02%)
FY2021 4.4× 5.90%
FY2020 4.2× 28.68%
FY2019 3.2× 26.50%
FY2018 2.6× (22.21%)
FY2017 3.3× 24.13%
FY2016 2.7× 20.18%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 5.2× 9.63%
Mar 2026 4.8× (6.04%)
Dec 2025 5.1× (19.03%)
Sep 2025 6.3× (8.45%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.1× High 7.1×
Ten-year median 3.6×
Current reading's percentile 75

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 2.1×
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 4.0×
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 4.1×
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated compare 4.8×
FTV Fortive Corporation 5.0×
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 5.0×
COHR Coherent Corp. compare 6.0×
GRMN Garmin Ltd. compare 6.8×
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 7.9×
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 4.7×
Technology sector median 2.7×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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