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Fortive dividend history

Fortive's dividend was $0.290 a share in fiscal 2023, up 3.6% on the year before. That was 11.8% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$1.3B
Dividends (TTM)
$76.1M
Returned to shareholders
124%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$2.8B
Diluted share count
−9.1%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
6.8%
dividends 0.4% + buybacks 6.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
12%
of net income paid out
R&D spending
6.1%
of revenue
Sales & admin spending
37.7%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
56 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMOct 2026
Dividend per share———$0.280$0.280$0.280$0.280$0.280$0.280$0.290———
Dividend per share growth————0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%+3.6%———
Dividends paid004897979494981001021119276
Share buybacks——————004432738901,6101,272
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%0.0%5.5%9.3%3.4%14.0%6.1%17.0%13.2%11.8%13.4%15.9%11.7%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%4.7%9.1%7.6%7.8%6.9%10.7%8.2%8.0%7.7%9.4%7.0%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

  • Fortive Increases Regular Quarterly Dividend Source

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Figures from Fortive's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Fortive.