Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, six have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $47.50.

Several research firms have recently issued reports on VNT. Argus raised Vontier from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $47.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Vontier from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. KeyCorp assumed coverage on shares of Vontier in a report on Thursday, August 21st. They set an “overweight” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Vontier from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Vontier from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th.

Vontier Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of VNT opened at $41.41 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.08 billion, a PE ratio of 15.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s fifty day moving average is $42.21 and its 200 day moving average is $37.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.08. Vontier has a fifty-two week low of $27.22 and a fifty-two week high of $43.88.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $773.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $734.23 million. Vontier had a net margin of 12.99% and a return on equity of 41.96%. The business’s revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.63 EPS. Vontier has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.100-3.200 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.740-0.780 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Vontier will post 3.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vontier Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 4th were paid a dividend of $0.025 per share. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 4th. Vontier’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 3.80%.

Institutional Trading of Vontier

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VNT. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vontier by 104.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,793,944 shares of the company’s stock valued at $176,897,000 after purchasing an additional 2,450,723 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Vontier by 39.7% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,515,334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,479,000 after buying an additional 999,755 shares in the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Vontier by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,390,111 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,365,000 after buying an additional 66,620 shares during the period. River Road Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Vontier by 24.5% in the 2nd quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 3,115,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,975,000 after acquiring an additional 613,746 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Vontier by 81.6% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,824,376 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,219,000 after acquiring an additional 1,269,063 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.83% of the company’s stock.

Vontier Company Profile

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing.