Fortive
FTV · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$60.25
0.3%ITT
ITT · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$190.10
1.0%The short version
- Fortive is the larger business, with $4.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.9B for ITT.
- ITT grew revenue faster (8.5%, against 1.9%).
- Fortive turned more of its sales into free cash flow (23.5% FCF margin, against 13.9% FCF margin).
- ITT earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.8%, against 5.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of ITT’s earnings: a P/E of 37.2x against 36.1x for Fortive.
| Latest fiscal year | FTV · FY25 | ITT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $18.8B | $17.1B |
| Revenue | $4.2B | $3.9B |
| Free cash flow | $978M | $548M |
| Net income | $579M | $488M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.9% | 8.5% |
| 5-year growth | −2.1% | 9.7% |
| Share count change | −5.2% | −2.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.5% | 35.4% |
| Operating margin | 17.3% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 12.4% |
| FCF margin | 23.5% | 13.9% |
| Return on capital | 5.7% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.0% | 14.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.8B | −$957M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.4x | −1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.7B | $632M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 36.1x | 37.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
FY16
FTV $5.4B
ITT $2.4B
FY17
FTV $5.8B
ITT $2.6B
FY18
FTV $6.5B
ITT $2.7B
FY19
FTV $4.6B
ITT $2.8B
FY20
FTV $4.6B
ITT $2.5B
FY21
FTV $5.3B
ITT $2.8B
FY22
FTV $5.8B
ITT $3.0B
FY23
FTV $3.9B
ITT $3.3B
FY24
FTV $4.1B
ITT $3.6B
FY25
FTV $4.2B
ITT $3.9B
FTV
ITT
FY16
FTV 19.7%
ITT 11.5%
FY17
FTV 19.9%
ITT 12.4%
FY18
FTV 10.0%
ITT 14.5%
FY19
FTV 9.7%
ITT 14.5%
FY20
FTV 11.6%
ITT 9.1%
FY21
FTV 15.5%
ITT 18.2%
FY22
FTV 17.0%
ITT 15.7%
FY23
FTV 14.7%
ITT 16.2%
FY24
FTV 17.6%
ITT 18.7%
FY25
FTV 17.3%
ITT 17.4%
FTV
ITT
FY16
FTV $1.0B
ITT $129M
FY17
FTV $1.1B
ITT $134M
FY18
FTV $1.3B
ITT $276M
FY19
FTV $1.2B
ITT $266M
FY20
FTV $1.4B
ITT $372M
FY21
FTV $911M
ITT −$96.8M
FY22
FTV $1.2B
ITT $174M
FY23
FTV $1.3B
ITT $430M
FY24
FTV $1.4B
ITT $439M
FY25
FTV $978M
ITT $548M
FTV
ITT
FY16
FTV 14.9%
ITT 16.9%
FY17
FTV 15.5%
ITT 12.5%
FY18
FTV 7.1%
ITT 24.4%
FY19
FTV 3.3%
ITT 21.8%
FY20
FTV 4.4%
ITT 12.6%
FY21
FTV 6.1%
ITT 19.9%
FY22
FTV 6.9%
ITT 19.0%
FY23
FTV 4.5%
ITT 19.1%
FY24
FTV 5.4%
ITT 20.7%
FY25
FTV 5.7%
ITT 16.8%
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