Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) Receives $108.89 Consensus PT from Analysts

Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $108.2222.

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on VLTO shares. UBS Group set a $102.00 price target on shares of Veralto and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Veralto news, SVP Mattias Bystrom sold 1,000 shares of Veralto stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.73, for a total transaction of $101,730.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 31,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,197,373.90. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Compass Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Veralto in the 3rd quarter valued at about $6,708,000. Capital Advisors Inc. OK grew its stake in shares of Veralto by 6.3% during the third quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 380,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,609,000 after acquiring an additional 22,464 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management increased its position in shares of Veralto by 1,579.5% during the third quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 12,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,312,000 after acquiring an additional 11,578 shares during the last quarter. Defender Capital LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Veralto by 9.2% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 172,870 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,451,000 after acquiring an additional 14,586 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in Veralto by 8.9% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,159,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,605,000 after purchasing an additional 94,607 shares during the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Veralto Stock Up 0.5%

VLTO opened at $92.46 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.52. Veralto has a 12 month low of $83.86 and a 12 month high of $110.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.89. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $99.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $102.39.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.Veralto’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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, equities analysts anticipate that Veralto will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 31st were paid 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 was Wednesday, December 31st. This is a positive change from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio is currently 13.87%.

Veralto Company 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.