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Fortive Q3 2025 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2025 earnings summary29 Oct, 2025
Executive summary
Completed the separation of the Precision Technologies segment (Ralliant) in June 2025, now reported as discontinued operations, and distributed Ralliant shares to stockholders.
Achieved strong execution as a streamlined company, with Q3 core revenue growth of 1.9–2.3%, adjusted EBITDA up 10.4%, and adjusted EPS up 15.3% year-over-year.
Raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $2.63–$2.67 per share, reflecting Q3 overperformance and share buybacks.
Deployed $1 billion for share repurchases in Q3, retiring 21 million shares (about 6% of diluted share count), funded by spin-off proceeds, cash, and commercial paper.
Strategy centers on innovation, commercial acceleration, recurring customer value, and disciplined capital allocation.
Financial highlights
Q3 2025 revenue was $1,027 million, up 2.3% year-over-year; core growth was 1.9%.
Adjusted EBITDA reached $309 million (30.1% margin), up 10.4% year-over-year.
Adjusted EPS was $0.68, up 15.3% year-over-year, driven by EBITDA growth, lower interest expense, and share repurchases.
Free cash flow for Q3 was $266 million; trailing twelve-month free cash flow was $922 million, with conversion above 100%.
Gross profit margin for Q3 was 63.2–63.3%, slightly down year-over-year.
Outlook and guidance
Full-year 2025 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $2.63–$2.67 per share, a $0.10 increase at the midpoint.
Q4 expected to see moderated core growth, with AHS in line with Q3 and modest growth at iOS.
Guidance incorporates current demand and the impact of US/China tariffs through year-end.
Full-year adjusted effective tax rate expected in the mid-teens; Q4 tax rate in single digits due to discrete items.
Sequential increase in net interest expense anticipated in Q4.
Net cash impact of PT separation?
Evaluate funding of Q3 share repurchases.
What drove core revenue growth deceleration?
Capital allocation: M&A vs. buybacks priority?
Growth oxygen: expected impact on 2026 organic growth?
AHS: long-term resilience despite policy changes?
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Fortive Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services professional and engineered products, software and services for a range of end markets. The Company operates through two segments: Professional Instrumentation and Industrial Technologies. The Professional Instrumentation segment includes professional instrumentation platforms and consumer home environment products. The Industrial Technologies segment includes industrial technologies platforms and service businesses. Professional Instrumentation consists of its Fluke Electronics, Frateuria and Vontier product companies.
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