Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Sold by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP trimmed its position in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 57.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 37,433 shares of the company’s stock after selling 51,066 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in Veralto were worth $3,991,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in Veralto during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P purchased a new stake in shares of Veralto during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. True Wealth Design LLC lifted its position in shares of Veralto by 852.9% during the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 324 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 290 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Veralto during the second quarter worth $44,000. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Veralto in the second quarter valued at $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VLTO. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Citigroup lowered their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $117.00 price objective on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Veralto from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 31st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $108.22.

Veralto Trading Down 0.7%

NYSE:VLTO opened at $97.33 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $24.12 billion, a PE ratio of 25.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.89. Veralto Corporation has a 52-week low of $83.86 and a 52-week high of $110.11. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $98.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $101.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

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

Veralto Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 31st. This is an increase from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Veralto’s payout ratio is 13.87%.

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.