Public Sector Pension Investment Board Boosts Stock Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its position in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 65.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 31,090 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,271 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s holdings in Veralto were worth $3,315,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VLTO. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Veralto during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new position in shares of Veralto during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its stake in shares of Veralto by 852.9% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 324 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 290 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Veralto in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Veralto in the second quarter valued at approximately $50,000. 91.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Mattias Bystrom sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.73, for a total value of $101,730.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 31,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,197,373.90. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on VLTO shares. UBS Group set a $102.00 price target on Veralto and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Veralto in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $118.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Veralto currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $108.22.

Veralto Stock Performance

Shares of VLTO opened at $92.98 on Friday. Veralto Corporation has a 1 year low of $83.86 and a 1 year high of $110.11. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $98.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $101.97. The firm has a market cap of $23.09 billion, a PE ratio of 24.79, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.89.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. Veralto had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 17.08%.The company had revenue of $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.95 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-1.010 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Veralto Corporation will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st were paid a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 31st. This is a positive change from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio is 13.87%.

Veralto Company 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.