BNP Paribas Financial Markets Lowers Stock Position in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Key Points

• BNP Paribas Financial Markets trimmed its stake in Veralto by 5.2% in Q3, selling 56,276 shares and leaving it with about 1,018,084 shares (≈0.41% of the company) valued at $108.54 million; institutional investors own roughly 91.3% of VLTO.
• Veralto beat quarterly EPS estimates ($1.04 vs. $0.98) while revenue was slightly below consensus at $1.40 billion, and management set FY2026 guidance of $4.10–$4.20 EPS with Q1 guidance of $0.97–$1.01.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 (annualized $0.52, ~0.6% yield) with an ex-dividend date of March 31, and analysts' consensus rating is "Hold" with a $108.22 average price target.

BNP Paribas Financial Markets trimmed its holdings in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO - Free Report) by 5.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,018,084 shares of the company's stock after selling 56,276 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets owned approximately 0.41% of Veralto worth $108,538,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Veralto during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P purchased a new stake in shares of Veralto in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto during the third quarter worth about $29,000. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its stake in shares of Veralto by 852.9% during the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 324 shares of the company's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 290 shares during the period. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Veralto during the second quarter worth about $44,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company's stock.

Veralto Stock Down 1.7%

VLTO opened at $89.78 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.67. The company has a market cap of $22.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.94, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.89. Veralto Corporation has a one year low of $83.86 and a one year high of $110.11. The business's fifty day moving average is $96.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $100.64.

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

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be issued a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. Veralto's dividend payout ratio is 13.87%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VLTO has been the topic of several recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 price target on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. UBS Group set a $102.00 target price on Veralto and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings cut Veralto from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $108.00 price target on Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Veralto has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $108.22.

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.

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