FTVFortive

Industrials

$57.25+18% 1Y

$57.25

$47.5252 weeks$64.13

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A demanding price: at the top of its own P/E range and rich vs its sector.

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What the price assumes~+5% a year

Priced for ~5% a year FCF growth. Moderate growth expectations are priced in.

Vs its own P/E rangedearest in 39 quartersderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 34.3 vs a 22.6 median over 39 quarters (+52% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)29.1×

Sector median 23.3× across 246 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Unless marked, from derived, as of Apr 3, 2026.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)behind 75% of the market

FCF yieldmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What FTV's price assumes

Fortive trades at 34.3× earnings against 38.2× for the median Scientific & Technical Instruments name, cheaper than its own group.

34.3

Trailing P/E · Scientific & Technical Instruments median 38.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales: 4.39
Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Apr 3, 2026
Free cash flow yield: 5.1%
Free cash flow yield · Scientific & Technical Instruments median 4.0%
Growth the price implies: +5.3%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +5.3% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −6.3% a year over the last three.

Details›

Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Apr 3, 2026: 3.06
EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Apr 3, 2026: 29.1
EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Apr 3, 2026: 5.13
Industrials median P/E440 names: 26.5
Scientific & Technical Instruments median P/E18 names: 38.2
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months: $954M
Market capitalisation: $18.6B
3-year revenue growth: −11%
3-year free cash flow growth: −6.3%

What the market has paid for these earnings: 39 quarters of its own multiple × $1.67 of trailing earnings per share
Method	Per share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile	$22.79
Its own P/E history, median	$37.73
Its own P/E history, upper quartile	$40.14
52-week range	$47.52 – $64.13
Today	$57.25

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

Scientific & Technical Instruments

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