Fortive Corporation FTV

56.09 0.65 1.17% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$16.7B
P/E
32.6×
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Fortive Corporation (FTV) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Fortive Corporation (FTV) trades at a price to free cash flow of 18.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.4× (March 2020) to 23.0× (November 2021); the current reading is higher than 89% of that period. That is below the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 25.0× and below the Technology sector median of 19.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 18.7× 36.80%
FY2024 13.7× (9.01%)
FY2023 15.1× 5.32%
FY2022 14.3× (34.76%)
FY2021 21.9× 65.97%
FY2020 13.2× (2.48%)
FY2019 13.5× 20.86%
FY2018 11.2× (23.24%)
FY2017 14.6× 29.06%
FY2016 11.3× (19.30%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 19.8× 11.84%
Mar 2026 17.7× (5.43%)
Dec 2025 18.7× 29.72%
Sep 2025 14.4× 16.42%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.4× High 23.0×
Ten-year median 14.5×
Current reading's percentile 89

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 10.6×
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 17.6×
FTV Fortive Corporation 18.2×
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated compare 24.9×
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 35.3×
GRMN Garmin Ltd. compare 35.5×
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 37.1×
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 38.5×
NOVT Novanta Inc. compare 54.1×
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 25.0×
Technology sector median 19.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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