Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.600-3.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.710. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Veralto also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.840-0.880 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VLTO has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set a "buy" rating and a $125.00 price objective on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Veralto from $116.00 to $110.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $110.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Veralto has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $112.55.

Veralto Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of VLTO stock traded up $0.43 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $98.87. The stock had a trading volume of 2,182,954 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,436,270. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.21 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.87. Veralto has a 12-month low of $81.23 and a 12-month high of $115.00. The firm's 50-day moving average is $102.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $106.25.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 16.04% and a return on equity of 49.29%. On average, analysts predict that Veralto will post 3.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.11 dividend. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This is a positive change from Veralto's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. Veralto's payout ratio is 13.17%.

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.