Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.600-3.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.710. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Veralto also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.840-0.880 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on Veralto from $108.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Veralto in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Veralto from $117.00 to $116.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their target price on Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $113.18.

Veralto Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of VLTO traded down $0.08 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $101.09. The stock had a trading volume of 2,065,545 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,343,766. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.87. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $103.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $106.36. The firm has a market cap of $25.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.06. Veralto has a twelve month low of $75.05 and a twelve month high of $115.00.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.05. Veralto had a return on equity of 52.85% and a net margin of 15.69%. On average, analysts anticipate that Veralto will post 3.48 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.11 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. This is an increase from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. Veralto’s payout ratio is currently 13.58%.

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.