Vontier Corporation $VNT Shares Bought by Cwm LLC

Key Points

• Cwm LLC significantly increased its holdings in Vontier Corporation by 596.9% during the second quarter, owning 13,728 shares valued at $507,000.
• Analysts have improved their outlook on Vontier, with UBS Group raising its price target from $47.00 to $50.00 and several firms issuing "buy" or "overweight" ratings.
• Vontier reported $0.79 earnings per share for the last quarter, beating estimates, and provided FY 2025 guidance of 3.100-3.200 EPS amid an ongoing revenue increase.

Cwm LLC raised its position in Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT - Free Report) by 596.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 13,728 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 11,758 shares during the quarter. Cwm LLC's holdings in Vontier were worth $507,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vontier by 39.7% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,515,334 shares of the company's stock worth $115,479,000 after acquiring an additional 999,755 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vontier by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,390,111 shares of the company's stock worth $111,365,000 after acquiring an additional 66,620 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vontier by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,815,287 shares of the company's stock worth $92,483,000 after acquiring an additional 143,737 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vontier in the 1st quarter worth approximately $67,744,000. Finally, Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Vontier by 132.9% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 1,879,793 shares of the company's stock worth $61,751,000 after acquiring an additional 1,072,683 shares during the last quarter. 95.83% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on VNT shares. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Vontier from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Barclays restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Vontier in a report on Monday, August 4th. Evercore ISI restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Vontier in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. KeyCorp started coverage on shares of Vontier in a report on Thursday, August 21st. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Vontier from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vontier has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $47.50.

Vontier Price Performance

Shares of VNT opened at $42.87 on Friday. Vontier Corporation has a twelve month low of $27.22 and a twelve month high of $43.88. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $42.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.30, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. Vontier had a net margin of 12.99% and a return on equity of 41.96%. The business had revenue of $773.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $734.23 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.63 EPS. The company's revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Vontier has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.100-3.200 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.740-0.780 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Vontier Corporation will post 3.13 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vontier Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 4th were issued a $0.025 dividend. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 4th. Vontier's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 3.80%.

Vontier Profile

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing.

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