Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Sold by Ninety One UK Ltd

Ninety One UK Ltd reduced its position in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 11.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 85,140 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,809 shares during the quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd’s holdings in Veralto were worth $8,495,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VLTO. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in Veralto by 86.1% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,157,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $226,615,000 after acquiring an additional 997,778 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Veralto by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,058,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,311,135,000 after buying an additional 852,276 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in shares of Veralto by 10,317.8% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 781,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,993,000 after buying an additional 774,148 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position 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 worth $374,042,000 after buying an additional 685,614 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec acquired a new position in shares of Veralto during the third quarter worth about $60,543,000. 91.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Veralto Price Performance

VLTO stock opened at $91.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $91.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.46. The stock has a market cap of $22.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.28, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.98. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $84.99 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.41 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.The firm’s revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-1.010 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s payout ratio is presently 13.87%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price objective on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $117.00 price objective on shares of Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Veralto presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $107.56.

About Veralto

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.