Barclays PLC Grows Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Barclays PLC grew its stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 10.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,111,912 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 102,265 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned approximately 0.45% of Veralto worth $110,947,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position in shares of Veralto by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,199,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,658,000 after purchasing an additional 39,803 shares during the period. LGT Capital Partners LTD. acquired a new position in Veralto during the third quarter worth about $2,068,000. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in Veralto by 24.3% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,508,512 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,042,000 after acquiring an additional 685,614 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Veralto by 30.0% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 61,602 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,147,000 after acquiring an additional 14,219 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd boosted its position in Veralto by 18.0% during the third quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 78,343 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,352,000 after acquiring an additional 11,930 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Veralto Price Performance

Shares of VLTO opened at $82.60 on Tuesday. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $80.03 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $86.99 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.24. The company has a market cap of $20.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.34, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 17.33% and a return on equity of 34.63%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.40 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue 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. On average, research analysts forecast that Veralto Corporation will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date 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 is presently 13.44%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on VLTO shares. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Veralto from $99.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Veralto from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $105.88.

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.