Atria Investments Inc Acquires 7,643 Shares of Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Atria Investments Inc boosted its stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 48.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 23,523 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,643 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Veralto were worth $2,508,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Compass Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Veralto during the third quarter worth $6,708,000. Capital Advisors Inc. OK increased its position in shares of Veralto by 6.3% during the third quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 380,910 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,609,000 after acquiring an additional 22,464 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 1,579.5% in the 3rd quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 12,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,312,000 after acquiring an additional 11,578 shares during the last quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Veralto in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,919,000. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in Veralto by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,159,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,605,000 after acquiring an additional 94,607 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Veralto

In related news, SVP Mattias Bystrom sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.73, for a total transaction of $101,730.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 31,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,197,373.90. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.36% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on VLTO. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 price target on Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price objective on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Up 0.5%

VLTO stock opened at $92.46 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $99.15 and a 200-day moving average of $102.26. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $83.86 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11. The company has a market capitalization of $22.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.66, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.67.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. Veralto had a net margin of 17.08% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The company’s revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.95 earnings per share. 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 predict that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.13 per share. This is an increase from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 31st. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.