secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Fortive Corp (FTV)
CIK:        0001659166
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001659166-26-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fortive Q4 adj EPS $0.90 beats; FY 2025 adj EPS $2.71 above high-end; guides FY 2026 $2.90-$3.00
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- Q4 revenue $1.12B (+4.6% reported, +3.3% core); adj EBITDA margin 31.9% (+90 bps YoY).
- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $0.60 (+7.1% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.90 (+12.5% YoY).
- Full year 2025 GAAP EPS $1.59; adjusted EPS $2.71 (+12% YoY), exceeding guidance high end.
- Initiated FY 2026 adjusted EPS guidance range of $2.90 to $3.00.
- Executed $265M share repurchases in Q4 ($1.6B in FY 2025), reducing shares ~8% in H2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000165916626000003/0001659166-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000165916626000003/ftv-20260204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001659166-26-000003

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