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Fortive vs W. W. Grainger (FTV vs GWW)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Fortive (FTV) returned +30.1% and W. W. Grainger (GWW) +49.7%; so far this year the figures are +18.4% and +42.8%.
W. W. Grainger is the larger company by market value, about 3.5 times the size of Fortive.
On trailing earnings, FTV trades at 31.1 times and GWW at 31.7 times.
Revenue grew +7.0% at FTV and +9.1% at GWW over the last year.
FTV yields 0.38%. GWW yields 0.66%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| FTV | GWW | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $65.37 | $1,440.70 |
| 1-day | -0.08% | -0.74% |
| YTD | +18.40% | +42.78% |
| 1 year | +30.14% | +49.70% |
| 3 years | +33.07% | +94.14% |
| Market cap | $19.5B | $67.5B |
| P/E | 31.1 | 31.7 |
| P/S | 4.43 | 3.48 |
| P/B | 3.27 | 15.54 |
| Revenue growth | +7.00% | +9.10% |
| EPS growth | +20.00% | +27.60% |
| Gross margin % | 63.5 | 39.4 |
| Net margin % | 14.8 | 11.2 |
| ROE % | 11.0 | 49.8 |
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | 0.62 |
| FCF yield % | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| Dividend yield % | 0.38 | 0.66 |
| Beta | 0.67 | 0.54 |
| RSI (14) | 65.1 | 66.4 |
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