Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $108.2222.

A number of analysts have commented on VLTO shares. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price objective on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 target price on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their target price on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VLTO. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Veralto in the fourth quarter worth $261,340,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 6,015.1% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 1,347,647 shares of the company’s stock valued at $136,045,000 after purchasing an additional 1,325,609 shares during the period. FIL Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 263.8% during the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 1,798,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,435,000 after purchasing an additional 1,303,940 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Veralto by 33.3% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,678,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $466,779,000 after purchasing an additional 1,169,572 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Veralto by 86.1% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,157,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $226,615,000 after purchasing an additional 997,778 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Veralto Stock Down 1.6%

Veralto stock opened at $85.04 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $21.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.68, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 0.89. Veralto has a 52-week low of $83.86 and a 52-week high of $110.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.67. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $94.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $99.25.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a net margin of 17.08% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The company had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-1.010 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Veralto will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The business 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 dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.