Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Sold by Clearbridge Investments LLC

Clearbridge Investments LLC lowered its position in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 3.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 776,907 shares of the company’s stock after selling 28,164 shares during the quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC owned approximately 0.31% of Veralto worth $77,520,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VLTO. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Veralto during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Veralto during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 82.2% during the fourth quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in shares of Veralto during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Creative Capital Management Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 45.9% during the fourth quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VLTO has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup reduced their target price on Veralto from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays reduced their target price on Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on Veralto in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 target price for the company. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $105.88.

Veralto Stock Performance

NYSE VLTO opened at $85.05 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $87.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $93.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.48. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $80.03 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 34.63% and a net margin of 17.33%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.95 earnings per share. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.280 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.000 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Veralto Corporation will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s payout ratio is 13.44%.

About Veralto

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.