Fortive Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Financial Officer Okerstrom Mark D acquired Company’s shares for reported $1.0 million on Aug 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $47.03 per share,21,300 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Okerstrom Mark D now holds 94,622 shares worth roughly $4.46 million.
Then, LICO JAMES A sold 175,000 shares, generating $12,670,000 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $72.40, the President and CEO now owns 428,585 shares.
Before that, LICO JAMES A bought 175,000 shares. Fortive Corp shares valued at $12,669,125 were divested by the Officer at a price of $72.39 per share.
Truist downgraded its Fortive Corp [FTV] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Melius’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late July from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. TD Cowen also remained covering FTV and has decreased its forecast on July 15, 2025 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Exane BNP Paribas revised its rating on April 09, 2025. It rated FTV as “a Neutral” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of FTV
On Friday, Fortive Corp [NYSE:FTV] saw its stock fall -0.74% to $47.1. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.18%. Fortive Corp shares have fallen nearly -7.69% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -16.64% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Fortive Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Fortive Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, growing by 2.18 million shares to a total of 9.41 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 7.24 million shares. There was a rise of 23.12%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
