Schroder Investment Management Group Boosts Stock Position in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 15.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 768,265 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 101,421 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group’s holdings in Veralto were worth $81,905,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Veralto by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,058,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,311,135,000 after purchasing an additional 852,276 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Veralto by 1.9% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,257,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,653,000 after buying an additional 192,139 shares during the last quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc lifted its stake in shares of Veralto by 3.9% during the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 3,839,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $408,503,000 after buying an additional 144,044 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Veralto by 24.3% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,508,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,042,000 after buying an additional 685,614 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Veralto during the second quarter worth approximately $264,150,000. 91.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on VLTO. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $117.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Weiss Ratings cut Veralto from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 31st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 target price on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Performance

Shares of VLTO stock opened at $94.12 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $97.43 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $100.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.10, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.89. Veralto Corporation has a 12 month low of $83.86 and a 12 month high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.The company had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.95 earnings per share. The company’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. On average, research analysts anticipate that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend 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.