Fortive price to sales ratio FTV

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2016.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 4.2×
10-year median: 2.9×
Against its 10-year history: 96th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.3× to 4.5×
Peer median: 2.8×

Fortive's price to sales ratio is 4.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 2.9×, higher than on 96% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.3× in Mar 2020 to 4.5× in Apr 2026.

The median for 10 electronic components stocks of a similar size is 2.8×.

Price to sales ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	4.2×	3.0×	4.5×
2025	3.1×	2.6×	3.4×
2024	3.2×	2.9×	3.8×
2023	3.2×	2.8×	3.5×
2022	3.0×	2.7×	3.8×
2021	4.0×	2.3×	4.1×
2020	2.5×	1.3×	2.5×
2019	2.3×	2.0×	2.9×
2018	1.9×	1.9×	2.7×
2017	2.4×	1.9×	2.5×
2016	1.9×	1.8×	2.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Hardware, Equipment & Parts nearest Fortive's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to sales ratio
FTVFortive	4.2×
MKSIMKS	3.1×
FLEXFlex	1.0×
JBLJabil	0.9×
TDYTeledyne Technologies	4.5×
CLSCelestica	1.9×
CGNXCognex	8.6×
AEISAdvanced Energy Industries	4.3×
TTMITTM Technologies	2.5×
SANMSanmina	0.7×
VICRVicor	17.1×
Peer median	2.8×

Where Fortive ranks

#35of 56Electronic components stocks with the lowest price to sales ratio

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

More on Fortive

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.