Fortive (FTV) Competitors

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is FTV or TT a better dividend stock?

Fortive pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Trane Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fortive pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trane Technologies pays out 29.9% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, FTV or TT?

Fortive has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FTV or TT?

In the previous week, Trane Technologies had 43 more articles in the media than Fortive. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Trane Technologies and 10 mentions for Fortive. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Trane Technologies' score of 0.87 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortive	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trane Technologies	27 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FTV or TT?

Fortive currently has a consensus target price of $86.45, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Trane Technologies has a consensus target price of $415.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given Trane Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trane Technologies is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortive	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Trane Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FTV or TT?

Fortive received 310 more outperform votes than Trane Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote while only 42.24% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortive	Outperform Votes 408 59.74%	Underperform Votes 275 40.26%
Trane Technologies	Outperform Votes 98 42.24%	Underperform Votes 134 57.76%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FTV or TT?

Trane Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Fortive. Trane Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortive	$6.07B	4.58	$865.80M	$2.51	31.90
Trane Technologies	$19.84B	4.03	$2.57B	$11.25	31.59

Is FTV or TT more profitable?

Fortive has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Trane Technologies' net margin of 12.94%. Trane Technologies' return on equity of 35.37% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortive	14.35%	12.56%	7.60%
Trane Technologies	12.94%	35.37%	12.72%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FTV or TT?

94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Fortive beats Trane Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.