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Fortive FTV Price / sales

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+7.7%
Gross profit$675.5M+6.0%
Operating income$191.7M+16.0%
Net income$136.4M-20.7%
EPS (diluted)$0.44-12.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$356.1M-60.1%
Total debt$3.6B-11.1%
Total equity$6.1B-40.6%
Total assets$11.6B-32.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$234.8M-2.9%
CapEx$26.6M+26.1%
Free cash flow$208.2M-5.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$18.5B-31.7%
Enterprise value$21.72B-27.8%
P/E34×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin57.3%-0.7pp
Operating margin17.6%-0.3pp
Net margin12.8%-6.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity6.7%-1.0pp
Debt / equity0.6×+0.2×
Current ratio0.7×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Fortive’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Fortive’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Fortive's price / sales?
Fortive (FTV) reported price / sales of 4× in Q1 2026.
How has Fortive's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Fortive's price / sales decreased by 34.0% year-over-year, from 6.1× to 4×.
What is the long-term trend for Fortive's price / sales?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Fortive's price / sales has grown at a -0.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 20.3× to 20.2×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.