Fortive Corporation

FTV Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

Fortive Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.2 billion, up 1.92% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.83%
EPS
+237.8%
Free cash flow
+108.9%
Total debt
+6.29%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

65.37 0.05 −0.08%
Market cap
$19.5B
P/E
30.7×
Fwd P/E
30.5×
Dividend yield
0.38%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.22
Beneish M
−2.71
Dividend safety
12/100

Fortive Corporation (FTV) Return on equity

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Fortive Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.5%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.95%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.21% (fiscal 2021) to 55.3% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 2.66% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 6.95% (1.17)
FY2024 8.12% (0.53)
FY2023 8.65% 0.79
FY2022 7.86% 1.65
FY2021 6.21% (12.65)
FY2020 18.9% 9.30
FY2019 9.56% (45.69)
FY2018 55.3% 23.11
FY2017 32.1% 9.98
FY2016 22.2% 5.57

Against its own ten years

Low 6.21% High 55.3%
Ten-year median 9.56%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
GRMN Garmin Ltd. compare 22.4%
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 21.4%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. compare 20.6%
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 20.5%
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 15.1%
COHR Coherent Corp. compare 10.8%
FTV Fortive Corporation 10.5%
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated compare 9.47%
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare −2.92%
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 2.66%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.01%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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