Veralto Corporation $VLTO Stock Holdings Raised by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd.

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 5.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 500,205 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,771 shares during the quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. owned approximately 0.20% of Veralto worth $53,327,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Citizens Business Bank raised its stake in Veralto by 3.7% during the third quarter. Citizens Business Bank now owns 33,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,619,000 after buying an additional 1,197 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. increased its holdings in shares of Veralto by 24.0% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 17,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,846,000 after acquiring an additional 3,351 shares during the last quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Veralto in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $201,000. LGT Capital Partners LTD. acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $2,068,000. Finally, Mufg Securities Americas Inc. lifted its stake in Veralto by 21.8% during the third quarter. Mufg Securities Americas Inc. now owns 6,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $713,000 after purchasing an additional 1,199 shares during the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Veralto

In other news, SVP Mattias Bystrom sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.73, for a total value of $101,730.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 31,430 shares in the company, valued at $3,197,373.90. This trade represents a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on VLTO. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $117.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Veralto currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Performance

Shares of VLTO stock opened at $97.33 on Friday. Veralto Corporation has a 12-month low of $83.86 and a 12-month high of $110.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.89. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $101.50.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.40 billion during 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%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. 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 research analysts anticipate that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st were paid 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 a positive change from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Veralto’s dividend 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.