Veralto (VLTO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Veralto Corporation is a global provider of water quality and product quality solutions. Its businesses develop technologies and services that help customers monitor and treat water, as well as ensure the quality, safety and consistency of products and packaging.

Veralto operates through two segments: Water Quality and Product Quality & Innovation. Its offerings include water analysis, treatment and monitoring systems, and technologies for product coding and marking, packaging design, color management and print production. Its brands include Hach, Trojan Technologies, Videojet, Esko and X-Rite.

The company was established as an independent business in 2023 following its separation from Danaher. Veralto serves municipal and industrial customers, along with businesses in sectors such as food and beverage, consumer goods and packaging, across markets worldwide.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $116.00 to $117.74
• 50-Day Range: $93.50 to $117.07
• 52-Week Range: $80.03 to $119.03
• Volume: 273,622 shs
• Average Volume: 1.99 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $28.46 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.97
• Dividend Yield: 0.44%
• Price Target: $120.70
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Veralto Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Veralto scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 249th out of 653 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Veralto has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Veralto is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Veralto has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.32%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Veralto are expected to grow by 7.32% in the coming year, from $4.51 to $4.84 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Veralto is 28.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.49.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Veralto is 28.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 32.56.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Veralto has a PEG Ratio of 3.25. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Veralto has a P/B Ratio of 9.33. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.51% of the float of Veralto has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Veralto has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.51, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Veralto has recently decreased by 3.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Veralto has a dividend yield of 0.44%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Veralto has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Veralto is 12.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Veralto will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.74% next year. This indicates that Veralto will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Veralto has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for Veralto this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for VLTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Veralto to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Veralto insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,032,688.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.43% of the stock of Veralto is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.28% of the stock of Veralto is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/30 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2026
• Today: 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: Environmental & Facilities Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VLTO
• CIK: 1967680
• Web: www.veralto.com
• Phone: 781-755-3655
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 17,000
• Year Founded: 2023

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Veralto: $120.70
• High Price Target: $135.00
• Low Price Target: $106.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.18
• P/E Growth: 3.25
• Net Income: $940 million
• Net Margins: 17.27%
• Pretax Margin: 20.27%
• Return on Equity: 35.08%
• Return on Assets: 13.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.83
• Current Ratio: 2.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.50 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.17
• Cash Flow: $4.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.56
• Book Value: $12.51 per share
• Price / Book: 9.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 243,140,000
• Free Float: 242,096,000
• Market Cap: $28.46 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.51