Schroder Investment Management Group Increases Position in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Key Points

• Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in Veralto by 15.2%, purchasing 101,421 shares to hold 768,265 shares valued at about $81.9 million (roughly 0.31% of the company) at quarter-end.
• Analysts have an average rating of "Hold" with an average price target of $108.22; Veralto beat recent quarterly EPS expectations ($1.04 vs. $0.98) and issued FY 2026 guidance of EPS 4.10–4.20, while the stock carries a $23.33 billion market cap and a 0.6% dividend yield.

Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO - Free Report) by 15.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 768,265 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 101,421 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 0.31% of Veralto worth $81,905,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Veralto during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P purchased a new position in shares of Veralto in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Veralto in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. True Wealth Design LLC raised 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 purchasing an additional 290 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Veralto during the second quarter worth approximately $44,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VLTO has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 price objective on shares of Veralto in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, UBS Group set a $102.00 price target on shares of Veralto and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Performance

Shares of VLTO opened at $94.12 on Tuesday. Veralto Corporation has a 12-month low of $83.86 and a 12-month high of $110.11. The stock has a market cap of $23.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.10, a PEG ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a 50-day moving average of $97.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $100.91.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a net margin of 17.08% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The business had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share. The company's quarterly 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. As a group, research analysts predict that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

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

Veralto 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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