Fortive Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Core Growth, View Raised

Fortive Corporation FTV reported third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of 77 cents per share, which increased 13.2% year over year and topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 70 cents by 10%. Revenues rose 7.8% year over year to $1.11 billion and surpassed the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion by 5.2%. Core revenues increased 7.2%, driven by strong performance in Intelligent Operating Solutions. Price contributed 2.3 percentage points to core growth, while volume added 4.9 percentage points. Fortive's shares are up around 1% in the pre-market trading session today. The stock has gained 22.4% in the past year compared with the Zacks Electronics - Testing Equipment industry's growth of 25.4%.