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Fortive Corp

FTVNYSECompleted

Spin-offSpun off from Danaher CorporationDHRNYSE

The two companies

Parent
Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control
↓ spun off ↓

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Sector
Industrials
Industry
Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control
Exchange
NYSE
State of incorporation
DE
Record date
June 15, 2016
Distribution date
July 2, 2016
Ratio
1:2
Parent sector
Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control
Form
10-12B/A
Filed
May 5, 2016

Financials — parent vs spin-off

SEC XBRL · latest year
Danaher CorporationFY25
Revenue
$24.57B
Operating income
$4.69B
Net income
$3.61B
Total assets
$83.46B
Equity
$52.53B
Fortive CorpFY25
Revenue
$993M
Operating income
$165M
Net income
$579M
Total assets
$11.74B
Equity
$6.45B

Latest reported figures from each company's own SEC filings — the parent after the separation and the spin-off as a standalone. Full multi-year history on each company hub.

Spin-off signals

score 2/7 favorable · factors, not advice
  • Focus-increasingNo — both Industrials

    Spin-offs into a different sector than the parent (pure-plays) have historically outperformed diversifying ones.

  • Size vs parent (revenue)~4.0% of parent

    Smaller spin-offs draw more forced selling from holders who can't keep them — the classic mispricing edge.

  • Return on capital employed1.7%

    EBIT ÷ capital employed — the quality metric the spin-off scorecard research weighs most.

  • Operating margin17%

    Profitability of the standalone business, from its own SEC filings.

  • Tax-basis reportNone found

    A Form 8937 (basis allocation) accompanies tax-free §355 spin-offs — favorable for taxable holders.

  • Insider buying (post-spin)None recorded

    Officers/directors buying their own newly independent shares (Form 4) has historically preceded outperformance.

  • Time since spin-off9.9 years

    Studies find the spin-off return premium concentrates in roughly the first one to three years.

Factors the spin-off research literature (Greenblatt; Cusatis-Miles-Woolridge; Desai-Jain) associates with outcomes — computed from this company's own SEC filings, shown as factors, not a recommendation. The premium is debated and not guaranteed. How we compute these ↗

Filings & documents

Every entry traces to SEC EDGAR. The Information Statement is the primary source; the links below open the full filing and each company's complete filing history.