Fortive (NYSE:FTV) reported quarterly earnings of $0.70 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.64 by 9.37 percent. This is a 17.65 percent decrease over earnings of $0.85 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.069 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.039 billion by 2.93 percent. This is a 27.48 percent decrease over sales of $1.474 billion the same period last year.