Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $45.6250.

VNT has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Vontier from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, November 9th. Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price (down from $50.00) on shares of Vontier in a report on Friday, November 14th. KeyCorp dropped their price target on Vontier from $50.00 to $45.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Vontier from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Evercore ISI restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Vontier in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vontier

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its position in shares of Vontier by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 15,058 shares of the company’s stock worth $495,000 after buying an additional 679 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Vontier by 2.9% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,452,537 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,716,000 after acquiring an additional 40,528 shares in the last quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. raised its stake in Vontier by 24.3% during the first quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 11,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,000 after acquiring an additional 2,224 shares in the last quarter. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Vontier in the first quarter worth about $64,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its stake in shares of Vontier by 586.2% in the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 721 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.83% of the company’s stock.

Vontier Price Performance

Shares of Vontier stock opened at $37.13 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.28. Vontier has a twelve month low of $27.22 and a twelve month high of $43.88. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $38.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $39.30.

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

Vontier Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th were given a dividend of $0.025 per share. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 20th. Vontier’s payout ratio is currently 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.