Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Purchased by O Brien Greene & Co. Inc

O Brien Greene & Co. Inc raised its position in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 15.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 65,556 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 8,819 shares during the quarter. Veralto comprises 1.9% of O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd largest position. O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s holdings in Veralto were worth $6,541,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Veralto by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,058,387 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,311,135,000 after buying an additional 852,276 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Veralto by 1.9% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,449,828 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,115,182,000 after buying an additional 191,872 shares in the last quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc raised its stake in Veralto by 3.9% during the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 3,839,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $408,503,000 after buying an additional 144,044 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Veralto by 24.3% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,508,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,042,000 after buying an additional 685,614 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Veralto by 12.8% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,194,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $237,738,000 after buying an additional 248,718 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Barclays cut their price objective on Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 price target on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Citigroup dropped their price target on Veralto from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price target on Veralto from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $105.88.

Veralto Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of Veralto stock opened at $84.76 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $89.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.90, a PEG ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.77. Veralto Corporation has a twelve month low of $84.45 and a twelve month high of $110.11.

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

Veralto Announces Dividend

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