Perpetual Ltd Grows Stock Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Perpetual Ltd increased its position in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 10.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 132,532 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 12,625 shares during the period. Perpetual Ltd owned about 0.05% of Veralto worth $13,224,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Compass Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Veralto in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $6,708,000. Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 6.3% in the third quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 380,910 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,609,000 after buying an additional 22,464 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 1,579.5% in the third quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 12,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,312,000 after buying an additional 11,578 shares in the last quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Veralto during the third quarter worth $1,919,000. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its stake in Veralto by 8.9% during the third 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. 91.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on VLTO shares. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of Veralto in a report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 price objective for the company. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. UBS Group set a $102.00 price target on Veralto and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $108.78.

Veralto Stock Performance

Veralto stock opened at $88.10 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $92.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $98.60. 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 company has a market cap of $21.63 billion, a PE ratio of 23.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.98. Veralto Corporation has a twelve month low of $83.86 and a twelve month high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.95 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

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