Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Purchased by Capital International Investors

Capital International Investors boosted its holdings in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 20.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 280,862 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 46,877 shares during the quarter. Capital International Investors owned approximately 0.11% of Veralto worth $28,025,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Veralto in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in Veralto in the third quarter worth $29,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Veralto by 82.2% in the fourth quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 286 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the period. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in Veralto in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Creative Capital Management Investments LLC boosted its holdings in Veralto by 45.9% in the fourth quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 340 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Veralto from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 target price on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on Veralto from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $105.88.

Veralto Price Performance

Shares of NYSE VLTO opened at $86.17 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $87.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $93.71. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $80.03 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11. The stock has a market cap of $21.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.27, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.69.

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

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a $0.13 dividend. 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.44%.

Veralto 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.