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 Performance

Veralto stock traded down $0.08 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $101.09. The stock had a trading volume of 2,065,545 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,343,766. The company has a 50-day moving average of $103.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $106.36. The company has a quick ratio of 1.87, a current ratio of 2.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. The company has a market cap of $25.00 billion, a PE ratio of 31.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.06. Veralto has a fifty-two week low of $75.05 and a fifty-two week high of $115.00.

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

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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 positive change from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio is currently 13.58%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on VLTO. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Veralto from $108.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Veralto from $117.00 to $116.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Veralto in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Veralto presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $113.18.

About Veralto

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.