Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.840-0.880 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.870. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Veralto also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.600-3.700 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on VLTO. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Veralto from $108.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $125.00 target price for the company. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Veralto from $117.00 to $116.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Citigroup cut their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $113.18.

Veralto Price Performance

VLTO opened at $101.09 on Wednesday. Veralto has a 1 year low of $75.05 and a 1 year high of $115.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.87. The company has a market capitalization of $25.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.20, a P/E/G ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $103.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $106.38.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 15.69% and a return on equity of 52.85%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Veralto will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $0.11 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This is a positive change from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.44%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio is currently 13.58%.

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.