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# Fortive Raises 2026 Profit Outlook To $3.10 To $3.14 A Share As Industrial Unit Powers Faster Growth
- URL: https://www.bullished.co/fortive-raises-2026-profit-outlook-to-3-10-to-3-14-a-share-as-industrial-unit-powers-cf4f7860/
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:37:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T14:36:29.000Z
- Description: Third-quarter revenue grew 7.8% and buybacks cut the share count, but margins in the healthcare unit slipped.
- Author: Matteo Parrino
- Tags: Earnings, FTV, Industry: Industrials

[Fortive](https://www.bullished.co/tag/ftv/), which makes instruments, software and services for workplace safety and healthcare, raised its 2026 adjusted earnings forecast to [$3.10 to $3.14 a share](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001659166/000165916626000039/ftv-q3x2026xearningsxpress.htm?ref=bullished.co) on Wednesday after third-quarter sales growth sped up. Revenue rose 7.8% to $1.11 billion, and the company said the guidance range is up about 15% from last year at the midpoint.

## Industrial strength, healthcare squeeze

Core revenue, which strips out acquisitions, divestitures and currency swings, rose 7.2%. Adjusted earnings came to $0.77 a share, up 13.2% from $0.68 a year earlier, while standard-accounting earnings climbed 62.9% to $0.57 a share on net earnings of $173 million.

Adjusted EBITDA, operating profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, rose 9.5% to $339 million, a 30.6% margin versus 30.1% a year ago. Intelligent Operating Solutions, the unit behind brands such as Fluke, grew revenue 9.8% to $767 million, and its adjusted EBITDA margin widened to 35.8% from 34.6%.

Advanced Healthcare Solutions grew revenue 3.7% to $340 million, but its adjusted EBITDA fell 4.8% to $88 million. Its margin dropped to 25.8% from 28.1%, and its standard-accounting operating profit fell 10.1% to $38 million.

## Buybacks shrink the share count

Fortive spent about $300 million on repurchases in the quarter, bringing buybacks since the launch of what it calls the new Fortive to about $2.3 billion, or roughly 43 million shares, about 13% of shares outstanding. Diluted shares averaged 303.9 million in the quarter, down from 333.4 million a year earlier.

Free cash flow was $284 million in the quarter. Over the trailing twelve months it reached $1,062 million, up 15.2% from $922 million a year earlier.

## Soroye's "Fortive Accelerated" pitch

CEO Olumide Soroye said the quarter was the fifth straight with double-digit adjusted earnings growth, and credited the company's Fortive Accelerated strategy. He said the company remains "fully confident" in the medium-term financial framework it laid out at its last Investor Day.

Soroye and CFO Mark Okerstrom are scheduled to present at the Baird 2026 Global Industrial Conference on [November 10](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202610221615BIZWIRE%5FUSPRX%5F%5F%5F%5F20261022%5FBW797024-1&ref=bullished.co), the company said.

The next dated test is the Baird conference on November 10, where management will face questions on the healthcare margin slide.

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### Sources

- [8-K Filing — Fortive Corp (FTV)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001659166/000165916626000039/ftv-20261028.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit ftv-q3x2026xearningsxpress.htm — Fortive Corp 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001659166/000165916626000039/ftv-q3x2026xearningsxpress.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Fortive to Report Q3 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock?](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/fortive-report-q3-earnings-whats-125100736.html?.tsrc=rss&ref=bullished.co) — Yahoo Finance
- [Fortive To Present at Baird 2026 Global Industrial Conference – Company Announcement - FT.com](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202610221615BIZWIRE%5FUSPRX%5F%5F%5F%5F20261022%5FBW797024-1&ref=bullished.co) — Financial Times

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