Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $108.2222.

A number of research firms recently commented on VLTO. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Veralto from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 31st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Veralto

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Compass Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Veralto during the third quarter worth $6,708,000. Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its position in shares of Veralto by 6.3% in the third quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 380,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,609,000 after acquiring an additional 22,464 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Veralto by 1,579.5% during the third quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 12,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,312,000 after acquiring an additional 11,578 shares during the last quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto during the third quarter valued at $1,919,000. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its position in Veralto by 8.9% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,159,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,605,000 after purchasing an additional 94,607 shares in the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Veralto Price Performance

Shares of NYSE VLTO opened at $95.59 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $23.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.89. The business’s 50 day moving average is $98.02 and its 200-day moving average is $101.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. Veralto has a 1-year low of $83.86 and a 1-year high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-1.010 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Veralto will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 31st were paid a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. This is a boost from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 31st. Veralto’s payout ratio is presently 13.87%.

Veralto Company Profile

Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Water Quality (WQ) and Product Quality & Innovation (PQI). The WQ segment offers precision instrumentation and water treatment technologies to measure, analyze, and treat water in residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, research, and natural resource applications through the Hach, Trojan Technologies, and ChemTreat brands. This segment provides water solutions, including chemical reagents, services, and digital solutions.