** Shares of industrial equipment maker Fortive FTV.N fall 2.5% to $54 in premarket trading
** Mizuho downgrades co to "underperform" from "outperform"
** Cuts PT to $51 from $54; new PT represents a 8% downside on stock's last close
** Brokerage says it expects a slow start to '26 across more than half of FTV's portfolio (government, medical, retail/consumer) as funding delays and uncertainty persists
(Reporting by Parth Chandna)
((Parth.Chandna@thomsonreuters.com;))
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