Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Analyst sentiment is moderately positive: Six of 10 analysts rate Veralto a buy and four recommend holding the stock, with an average 12-month price target of $110.90 versus the recent $98.82 price.
• Veralto exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $1.11 in adjusted EPS versus the $1.01 consensus estimate and revenue of $1.47 billion, up 7.5% year over year. Management guided fiscal 2026 EPS to $4.35–$4.43.
• Institutional investors own a substantial 91.28% of Veralto’s shares, while insiders sold 15,180 shares worth approximately $1.49 million during the last quarter, including sales by the CEO and a senior vice president under pre-arranged trading plans.

Shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO - Get Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the ten analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $110.90.

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Barclays boosted their price target on Veralto from $113.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Veralto from $98.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Robert W. Baird set a $111.00 target price on Veralto in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Veralto from $100.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th.

Insider Transactions at Veralto

In related news, CEO Jennifer Honeycutt sold 7,097 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.52, for a total transaction of $720,487.44. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 124,085 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,597,109.20. This represents a 5.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Surekha Trivedi sold 986 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.05, for a total transaction of $95,691.30. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 8,565 shares in the company, valued at $831,233.25. This trade represents a 10.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders sold 15,180 shares of company stock worth $1,490,394. 0.43% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Veralto

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Groupe la Francaise increased its position in shares of Veralto by 18.4% during the second quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 130,703 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,594,000 after acquiring an additional 20,294 shares in the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new position in Veralto in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $13,887,000. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its stake in Veralto by 8,155.1% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 33,644,305 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,983,577,000 after purchasing an additional 33,236,748 shares during the last quarter. Saudi Central Bank raised its stake in shares of Veralto by 87.6% in the second quarter. Saudi Central Bank now owns 17,189 shares of the company's stock worth $1,524,000 after purchasing an additional 8,024 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AlphaGrep UK Ltd bought a new position in shares of Veralto during the second quarter valued at $529,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.28% of the company's stock.

Veralto Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of Veralto stock opened at $98.82 on Wednesday. Veralto has a 1 year low of $80.03 and a 1 year high of $109.86. The firm has a market cap of $24.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.96, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a 50-day moving average of $93.21 and a 200 day moving average of $90.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.61.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported $1.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.45 billion. Veralto had a net margin of 17.35% and a return on equity of 34.76%. Veralto's quarterly revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.430 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.060-1.090 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Veralto will post 4.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.

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