Fortive (FTV) Competitors $75.90 +1.49 (+2.00%) As of 01/3/2025 05:39 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends FTV vs. TT, KEYS, VLTO, TER, AVTR, RVTY, BIO.B, NVMI, VNT, and MIRShould you be buying Fortive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortive include Trane Technologies (TT), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Avantor (AVTR), Revvity (RVTY), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO.B), Nova (NVMI), Vontier (VNT), and Mirion Technologies (MIR). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry. Fortive vs. Trane Technologies Keysight Technologies Veralto Teradyne Avantor Revvity Bio-Rad Laboratories Nova Vontier Mirion Technologies Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) and Fortive (NYSE:FTV) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment. Is TT or FTV more profitable? Fortive has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Trane Technologies' net margin of 12.73%. Trane Technologies' return on equity of 34.62% beat Fortive's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Trane Technologies12.73% 34.62% 12.36% Fortive 14.35%12.56%7.60% Do analysts rate TT or FTV? Trane Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $413.14, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Fortive has a consensus target price of $86.82, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given Fortive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fortive is more favorable than Trane Technologies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Trane Technologies 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33Fortive 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TT or FTV? Fortive received 308 more outperform votes than Trane Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.68% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformTrane TechnologiesOutperform Votes9642.86% Underperform Votes12857.14% FortiveOutperform Votes40459.68% Underperform Votes27340.32% Which has more risk and volatility, TT or FTV? Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortive has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings & valuation, TT or FTV? Trane Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Fortive. Fortive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trane Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioTrane Technologies$19.39B4.42$2.02B$10.7835.35Fortive$6.20B4.25$865.80M$2.5130.24 Does the media refer more to TT or FTV? In the previous week, Trane Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Fortive. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trane Technologies and 4 mentions for Fortive. Trane Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Fortive's score of 0.50 indicating that Trane Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Trane Technologies 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Fortive 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in TT or FTV? 83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Fortive shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is TT or FTV a better dividend stock? Trane Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Trane Technologies pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortive pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SummaryTrane Technologies and Fortive tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Behind the MarketsHas Trump finally met his match?Dylan Jovine predicted the 2008 crash over a year before it happened. Folks who listened to him had the chance to walk away with gains as high as 235%, 459%, and 700% - all while the stock market got cut in half. Could he be right again?Click here for his emergency broadcast... Get Fortive News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FTV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FTV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFortiveProcess control instruments IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$26.33B$20.00B$26.31B$19.33BDividend Yield0.43%0.76%2.76%3.67%P/E Ratio30.2447.17241.0238.87Price / Sales4.254.873,221.9820.35Price / Cash16.4117.0535.9121.29Price / Book2.583.988.465.48Net Income$865.80M$406.10M$683.45M$992.21M7 Day Performance0.33%1.97%2.74%3.25%1 Month Performance-3.75%6.43%9.32%-1.32%1 Year Performance6.09%9.78%29.62%16.12% Fortive Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FTVFortive4.6748 of 5 stars$75.90+2.0%$86.82+14.4%+6.8%$26.33B$6.20B30.2418,000Analyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑TTTrane Technologies4.159 of 5 stars$372.58-0.3%$409.93+10.0%+61.5%$83.84B$17.68B34.5640,000Analyst ForecastKEYSKeysight Technologies4.6623 of 5 stars$161.77-0.7%$180.80+11.8%+8.7%$28.01B$4.98B46.2214,900Insider TradeVLTOVeralto2.7447 of 5 stars$102.14-1.0%$109.50+7.2%+29.1%$25.26B$5.14B31.5216,000Ex-DividendPositive NewsTERTeradyne4.8189 of 5 stars$128.01-0.4%$147.25+15.0%+28.4%$20.85B$2.74B40.646,500AVTRAvantor4.7512 of 5 stars$21.17-1.1%$27.69+30.8%-1.0%$14.41B$6.82B46.0214,500RVTYRevvity3.867 of 5 stars$111.58-0.4%$132.47+18.7%+8.2%$13.58B$2.72B53.9011,500BIO.BBio-Rad LaboratoriesN/A$325.60-0.1%N/A+1.5%$9.12B$2.58B-11.918,200News CoverageNVMINova2.4414 of 5 stars$199.63-0.2%$227.80+14.1%+54.9%$5.80B$611.85M37.243,606Positive NewsVNTVontier3.4284 of 5 stars$36.36-0.7%$44.44+22.2%+9.7%$5.46B$2.99B13.938,000MIRMirion Technologies3.7465 of 5 stars$17.63+0.1%$19.25+9.2%+71.5%$4.09B$836.90M-51.853,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TT Competitors KEYS Competitors VLTO Competitors TER Competitors AVTR Competitors RVTY Competitors BIO.B Competitors NVMI Competitors VNT Competitors MIR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:FTV) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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