Veralto Corporation $VLTO Shares Acquired by MUFG Securities EMEA plc

MUFG Securities EMEA plc lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 2,219.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 110,185 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 105,435 shares during the period. MUFG Securities EMEA plc’s holdings in Veralto were worth $10,994,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Veralto by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,058,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,311,135,000 after purchasing an additional 852,276 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Veralto by 1.9% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,449,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,115,182,000 after purchasing an additional 191,872 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Veralto by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,249,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $720,876,000 after purchasing an additional 126,814 shares in the last quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc increased its position in shares of Veralto by 3.9% during the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 3,839,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $408,503,000 after purchasing an additional 144,044 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of Veralto by 24.3% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,508,512 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,042,000 after purchasing an additional 685,614 shares in the last quarter. 91.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on VLTO. UBS Group boosted their price target on Veralto from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Barclays dropped their price target on Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 price target on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Veralto has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $105.88.

Veralto Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE:VLTO opened at $82.29 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The business has a fifty day moving average of $87.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $94.37. The stock has a market cap of $20.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.26, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.70. Veralto Corporation has a 52-week low of $80.03 and a 52-week high of $110.11.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.40 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 34.63% and a net margin of 17.33%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 EPS. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.280 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.000 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Veralto Corporation will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.44%.

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.