Fortive Corp Exceeds 2025 Financial Guidance

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, February 04 11:44 • Permanent Link

Fortive Corporation ("Fortive") (NYSE: FTV) has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025. The company delivered a full year 2025 GAAP diluted net EPS of $1.59 and adjusted diluted net EPS of $2.71, exceeding the high end of the guidance range.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Fortive saw reported revenue growth of 4.6% and core revenue growth of 3.3%. The company executed an incremental $265 million of share repurchases in the quarter, bringing total second half repurchases to approximately $1.3 billion, representing around 26 million shares or approximately 8% of diluted shares outstanding.

For the full year 2025, Fortive achieved revenue of $4.16 billion, up 1.9% year-over-year, with core revenue up 1.7%. The company reported GAAP net income of $533 million, up 10% year-over-year, and adjusted EBITDA of $1,233 million, up 6.1% year-over-year. Additionally, Fortive deployed $1.6 billion towards share repurchases in the fiscal year 2025.

Looking ahead, the company is initiating its full year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $2.90 to $3.00. Fortive anticipates adjusted diluted net earnings per share of $2.90 to $3.00 for the full year 2026.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Intelligent Operating Solutions segment saw revenue of $770 million, up 5.3% year-over-year (4.1% core growth), while the Advanced Healthcare Solutions segment reported revenue of $353 million, representing a 3.2% increase (1.6% core growth) compared to the same period in the previous year.

For the full year 2025, the Intelligent Operating Solutions segment achieved revenue of $2.856 billion, up 2.3% year-over-year (2.1% core growth), and the Advanced Healthcare Solutions segment reported revenue of $1.303 billion, up 1.2% year-over-year (0.8% core growth).

Fortive will be discussing its results and outlook during its quarterly investor conference call on February 4, 2026. The webcast of the call and an accompanying slide presentation will be available on the "Investors" section of Fortive’s website.

Fortive Corporation, headquartered in Everett, Washington, operates with a team of more than 10,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service, and administrative team members in approximately 50 countries around the world. Following these announcements, the company's shares moved -0.99%, and are now trading at a price of $54.96. Check out the company's full 8-K submission here.

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