Recent Research Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Fortive (FTV)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Fortive (NYSE: FTV) recently:

• 12/22/2025 – Fortive was upgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating.
• 12/22/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $55.00 to $59.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 12/15/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/8/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/8/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $57.00 to $59.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/1/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/25/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/19/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/13/2025 – Fortive had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/7/2025 – Fortive was downgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating.
• 11/5/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $50.00 to $53.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 11/4/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $57.00 to $58.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $56.00 to $57.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $54.00 to $56.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Fortive had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $53.00 to $55.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Fortive had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation. They now have a $58.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $55.00.

Fortive Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Friday, November 28th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 28th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. Fortive’s dividend payout ratio is currently 13.71%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Fortive news, SVP Stacey A. Walker sold 2,192 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.35, for a total transaction of $110,367.20. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 59,488 shares in the company, valued at $2,995,220.80. This trade represents a 3.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.92% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) is a diversified industrial technology company headquartered in Everett, Washington. The company was created through a spin‑off from Danaher Corporation in 2016 and has since focused on building a portfolio of professional instrumentation and industrial technology businesses. In 2020 Fortive completed a further portfolio separation with the spin‑off of Vontier, concentrating Fortive’s activities on higher‑margin instrumentation, software and services.

Fortive’s operations center on professional test and measurement, sensing and monitoring, software‑enabled solutions, and lifecycle services that support industrial and commercial customers.