Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $108.2222.

Several research firms recently commented on VLTO. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Veralto from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, UBS Group set a $102.00 price objective on shares of Veralto and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th.

Institutional Trading of Veralto

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Veralto during the fourth quarter valued at $261,340,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main boosted its position in Veralto by 6,015.1% in the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 1,347,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $136,045,000 after purchasing an additional 1,325,609 shares during the last quarter. FIL Ltd grew its stake in shares of Veralto by 263.8% during the 4th 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 grew its stake 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 valued at $466,779,000 after purchasing an additional 1,169,572 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased 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 valued at $226,615,000 after purchasing an additional 997,778 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Veralto Stock Performance

VLTO stock opened at $94.41 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $97.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $101.01. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. Veralto has a 12-month low of $83.86 and a 12-month high of $110.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.40 billion, a PE ratio of 25.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.89.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.The business had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.95 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts forecast that Veralto will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. 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.