Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Increases Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC increased its position in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 164.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 9,001 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,603 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Veralto were worth $918,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VLTO. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co raised its holdings in Veralto by 1.2% during the third quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 38,874 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,144,000 after purchasing an additional 456 shares during the last quarter. Journey Strategic Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Veralto in the third quarter valued at $343,000. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in shares of Veralto by 0.8% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 380,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,592,000 after buying an additional 3,204 shares in the last quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Veralto by 1,447.8% in the third quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 712 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 666 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB raised its stake in shares of Veralto by 82.8% during the 3rd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 130,048 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,864,000 after buying an additional 58,908 shares during the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on VLTO. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. UBS Group set a $102.00 target price on shares of Veralto and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Veralto from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a research 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:VLTO opened at $94.41 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a market capitalization of $23.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.89. Veralto Corporation has a 52-week low of $83.86 and a 52-week high of $110.11. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $97.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $101.06.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. Veralto’s 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.