Fortive Corp reports results for the quarter ended in December - Earnings Summary

Fortive

31/01/2024 14:31

* Fortive Corp  FTV.N  reported quarterly adjusted earnings
of 98
cents​​ per share for the quarter ended in December, higher than
the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 88
cents.  The mean expectation of seventeen analysts for the
quarter was for earnings of 94 cents per share. Wall Street
expected results to range from 92 cents to 95 cents per share.
    * Revenue rose 3.5% to $1.58 billion from a year ago;
analysts
expected $1.56 billion. 
    * Fortive Corp's reported EPS for the quarter was 75 cents​.
    * The company reported quarterly net income of $265.2
million.
    * Fortive Corp shares had risen by 1.5% this quarter.

FORECAST CHANGES
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by
about 0.3%
in the last three months.​ 
    * In the last 30 days, three analysts negatively revised
earnings
estimates

RECOMMENDATIONS
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 13 "strong buy" or "buy," 7
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
    * The average consensus recommendation for the industrial
machinery & equipment peer group is also "buy"

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Fortive Corp is
$80.00 
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data January 31 at
02:31 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise
stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report,
contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or
feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com) QUARTER ENDING    ESTIMATE       ACTUAL         BEAT, MET,
                                                 MISSED
 Dec. 31 2023      0.94           0.98           Beat
 Sep. 30 2023      0.85           0.85           Met
 Jun. 30 2023      0.81           0.85           Beat
 Mar. 31 2023      0.73           0.75           Beat