Fortive Stock: 7 Straight Green Days, Up 12%
Fortive (FTV) stock has risen for 7 consecutive trading days, gaining 11.5% over that stretch. That added about $2.0 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $19.5 billion. The stock closed at $64.11 on Wednesday, October 28, its highest close of the past year.
FTV Versus The S&P 500
Returns for FTV and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Wednesday, October 28 and including dividends:
| Return Period | FTV | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 4.0% | 0.3% |
| 7 Days (Current Streak) | 11.5% | 0.7% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 15.7% | 1.0% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 9.8% | 4.4% |
| Year To Date | 16.5% | 14.2% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 30.2% | 14.0% |
Is This Move About Fortive Or The Market?
Over the same 7 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +0.7% including dividends, so the run is mostly Fortive’s own story rather than the market’s. 2 other S&P 500 stocks are currently on winning streaks of 7 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 9.8%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was essentially flat (-1.6%).
Is The Business Keeping Up With The Stock?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 5.6% over the last twelve months, against a median of 7.9% for S&P 500 Industrials stocks; its operating margin is 18.2%, versus a median of 17.6%; and the stock trades at 36.5 times trailing earnings against a median of 26.1. The read is mixed: margins above the median on one side, revenue growth below the median on the other.
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Streaks End. Discipline Compounds
A run like this is genuinely useful information: something about this business has the market’s full attention. But streaks are where discipline gets tested, because the urge to chase strength is strongest right before it pauses.
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