J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG Has $406,000 Stock Position in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lowered its stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 86.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,068 shares of the company’s stock after selling 26,235 shares during the period. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in Veralto were worth $406,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. PFG Investments LLC grew its stake in Veralto by 2.7% during the third quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 3,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $404,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC raised its position in shares of Veralto by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC now owns 2,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $271,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 14.0% during the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 855 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 15,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,682,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the period. Finally, City Holding Co. boosted its position in shares of Veralto by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 21,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,276,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Veralto Price Performance

VLTO stock opened at $88.10 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $21.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.49, a P/E/G ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $98.74. Veralto Corporation has a 1 year low of $83.86 and a 1 year high of $110.11.

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

Veralto Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VLTO. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $117.00 price objective on shares of Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Citigroup lowered their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Veralto in a research report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 price objective for the company. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Veralto currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $108.78.

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. This segment provides water solutions, including chemical reagents, services, and digital solutions.