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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Fortive Corp. (NYSE:FTV) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of July 24 and a Sell Date of October 12 has resulted in a geometric average return of 1.56% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 9 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 7 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 9 years by an average of 9.31% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Industrials sector, which runs from October 29 to May 10. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Industrials Sector Seasonal Chart.

A word of caution: Only 9 years of data is available for shares of FTV, perhaps insufficient to create a seasonal profile that accurately gauges the seasonal tendencies influencing the investment. Ideally, while 20 years is preferred, at least 10 years of data is required to perform a seasonal analysis that is considered to be reliable for future seasonal periods.

Fortive Corp. engages in the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of professional and engineered products, software, and services for a variety of end markets. It operates through the following segments: Intelligent Operating Solutions, Precision Technologies, and Advanced Healthcare Solutions. The Intelligent Operating Solutions segment provides solutions to accelerate industrial and facility reliability and performance, as well as compliance and safety across a range of vertical end markets, including manufacturing, process industries, healthcare, utilities and power, communications, and electronics. The Precision Technologies segment supplies technologies such as electrical test and measurement instruments and services, energetic material devices, and a broad portfolio of sensor and control system solutions. The Advanced Healthcare Solutions segment serves healthcare customers with products and services for critical activities, including instrument and device reprocessing, instrument tracking, cell therapy equipment design and manufacturing, biomedical test tools, radiation safety monitoring, and asset management. The company was founded by James A. Lico and Stacey A. Walker on November 10, 2015 and is headquartered in Everett, WA.

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