Creative Planning Raises Holdings in Vontier Corporation $VNT

Creative Planning boosted its position in Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) by 54.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 53,952 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 19,028 shares during the quarter. Creative Planning’s holdings in Vontier were worth $1,991,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its position in shares of Vontier by 39.0% in the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 273 shares during the last quarter. Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. grew its stake in Vontier by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. now owns 37,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,218,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Vontier by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC now owns 39,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,305,000 after acquiring an additional 451 shares during the last quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Vontier by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC now owns 21,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $787,000 after purchasing an additional 482 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its holdings in shares of Vontier by 75.7% during the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 529 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.83% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Vontier from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, November 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Vontier in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on shares of Vontier from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price objective (down previously from $50.00) on shares of Vontier in a report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Vontier in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $45.89.

Vontier Stock Performance

NYSE VNT opened at $35.70 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $39.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $39.32. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market cap of $5.18 billion, a PE ratio of 13.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.29. Vontier Corporation has a twelve month low of $27.22 and a twelve month high of $43.88.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $752.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $747.32 million. Vontier had a net margin of 13.34% and a return on equity of 40.49%. Vontier’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share. Vontier has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.820-0.860 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.150-3.20 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Vontier Corporation will post 3.13 earnings per share for the current year.

Vontier Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.025 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vontier’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 3.66%.

Vontier Company Profile

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing.