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Fortive Corp (FTV) may enjoy gains as insiders got busy in the recent days

Fortive Corp’s recent filing unveils that its SVP – Chief Financial Officer McLaughlin Charles E unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.51 million on Sep 13 ’24. In the deal valued at $74.03 per share,6,864 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, McLaughlin Charles E now holds 73,391 shares worth roughly $5.6 million.

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Then, Schwarz Jonathan L sold 14,223 shares, generating $1,049,657 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $73.80, the SVP – Corporate Development now owns 68,161 shares.

Before that, Schwarz Jonathan L bought 14,223 shares. Fortive Corp shares valued at $1,049,612 were divested by the Officer at a price of $73.80 per share.

Mizuho upgraded its Fortive Corp [FTV] rating to an Outperform from a a Neutral in a research note published on September 06, 2024; the price target was increased to $90 from $80. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early September with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Wolfe Research also remained covering FTV and has decreased its forecast on September 06, 2024 with a “Peer perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on September 05, 2024. It rated FTV as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.

Price Performance Review of FTV

On Monday, Fortive Corp [NYSE:FTV] saw its stock fall -0.77% to $76.32. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.31%. Fortive Corp shares have risen nearly 3.65% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.31% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $87.10 was reached on 03/22/24, a 52-week low of $63.05 was recorded on 08/05/24. SMA at 50 days reached $72.96, while 200 days put it at $76.68.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For FTV Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 75.84, which if violated will result in even more drops to 75.35. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 76.89. A further resistance level may holdings at 77.45. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 53.57, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.55, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 66.54%. Stochastics %K at 44.48% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Fortive Corp?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Fortive Corp stocks on 2024-09-13, growing by 0.91 million shares to a total of 3.02 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-08-15 was 2.11 million shares. There was a rise of 30.25%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

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