Caxton Associates LLP Has $2.62 Million Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Caxton Associates LLP increased its stake in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 111.8% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 29,674 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,663 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP’s holdings in Veralto were worth $2,624,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VLTO. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in Veralto by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 15,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,506,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc raised its position in shares of Veralto by 14.0% in the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 855 shares of the company’s stock valued at $91,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the period. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Veralto by 45.9% in the fourth quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Veralto by 0.7% in the third quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 15,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,682,000 after buying an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Veralto by 18.9% in the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 735 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VLTO has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Veralto from $99.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $109.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, July 9th. Barclays lowered their price target on Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Veralto from $110.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Veralto presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $106.33.

Veralto Price Performance

Shares of Veralto stock opened at $92.02 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The company has a market cap of $22.60 billion, a PE ratio of 23.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.63. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $87.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $91.07. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $80.03 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 17.33% and a return on equity of 34.63%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.40 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.280 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.000 EPS. Analysts expect that Veralto Corporation will post 4.24 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. Veralto’s payout ratio is currently 13.44%.

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.