Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Veralto Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of Veralto stock traded down $0.08 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $101.09. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,065,545 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,343,766. The company has a market capitalization of $25.00 billion, a PE ratio of 31.20, a P/E/G ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.87 and a current ratio of 2.13. Veralto has a 52 week low of $75.05 and a 52 week high of $115.00. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $106.36.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 15.69% and a return on equity of 52.85%. Equities research analysts predict that Veralto will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.11 dividend. This is a boost from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio is currently 13.58%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on VLTO shares. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Veralto from $117.00 to $116.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Veralto from $108.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $125.00 price objective on the stock. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $113.18.

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.