Caprock Group LLC Makes New $1.08 Million Investment in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Caprock Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 10,120 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,075,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Veralto during the third quarter valued at $27,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new position in Veralto during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. True Wealth Design LLC raised its position in Veralto by 852.9% during the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 324 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 290 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Veralto during the 2nd quarter worth about $44,000. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Veralto in the 2nd quarter valued at about $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on VLTO shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. UBS Group set a $102.00 price target on shares of Veralto and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.22.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Mattias Bystrom sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.73, for a total value of $101,730.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 31,430 shares in the company, valued at $3,197,373.90. This represents a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Veralto Price Performance

Shares of VLTO opened at $92.46 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $99.30 and its 200 day moving average is $102.35. Veralto Corporation has a 12-month low of $83.86 and a 12-month high of $110.11. 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 stock has a market cap of $22.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.89.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a net margin of 17.08% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.95 earnings per share. The business’s 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 31st were given a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 31st. This is an increase from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. 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.