Sargent Investment Group LLC Invests $861,000 in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Sargent Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 8,630 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $861,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VLTO. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,459 shares of the company’s stock valued at $352,000 after buying an additional 479 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 5.3% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 25,947 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,529,000 after buying an additional 1,306 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 20.4% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $443,000 after buying an additional 770 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 102.4% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,000 after buying an additional 421 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto in the second quarter valued at $201,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VLTO has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup cut their price objective on Veralto from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Barclays cut their price objective on Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 target price on Veralto in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Veralto from $99.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $105.88.

Veralto Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of NYSE VLTO opened at $82.60 on Tuesday. Veralto Corporation has a 12 month low of $80.03 and a 12 month high of $110.11. 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 company has a market cap of $20.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.34, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.24.

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

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio 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.