Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Issues Q3 2026 Earnings Guidance

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) updated its third quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.060-1.090 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.070. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Veralto also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 4.350-4.430 EPS.

Veralto Stock Up 4.3%

Shares of NYSE VLTO traded up $4.06 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $98.34. The company had a trading volume of 3,126,666 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,102,408. Veralto has a 12-month low of $80.03 and a 12-month high of $110.11. The stock has a market cap of $24.15 billion, a PE ratio of 25.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.63. The business’s 50-day moving average is $87.81 and its 200 day moving average is $90.97. 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.45 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 34.63% and a net margin of 17.33%.Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.430 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.060-1.090 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Veralto will post 4.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

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 paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VLTO has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Veralto from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Veralto from $110.00 to $111.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of Veralto in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $106.33.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Veralto news, CEO Jennifer Honeycutt sold 7,097 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $674,215.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 124,085 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,788,075. The trade was a 5.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.43% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Veralto

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Veralto by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,720,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,071,035,000 after acquiring an additional 270,356 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in Veralto by 33.3% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,678,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $466,779,000 after purchasing an additional 1,169,572 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Veralto by 6.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,595,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $458,493,000 after purchasing an additional 272,036 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its holdings in Veralto by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,231,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $322,481,000 after purchasing an additional 269,832 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Veralto by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,173,901 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,692,000 after purchasing an additional 48,666 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

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.