Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.840-0.880 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.870. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Veralto also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.600-3.700 EPS.

Veralto Stock Down 0.1 %

NYSE VLTO traded down $0.08 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $101.09. 2,065,545 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,343,766. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.87. 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. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $106.36. Veralto has a 52 week low of $75.05 and a 52 week high of $115.00.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced 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 return on equity of 52.85% and a net margin of 15.69%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Veralto will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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