Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on VLTO shares. Citigroup decreased their price target on Veralto from $118.00 to $116.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on Veralto in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Veralto from $111.00 to $110.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Veralto from $116.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $112.55.

Veralto Price Performance

Veralto stock traded up $1.87 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $97.68. 1,052,065 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,383,068. Veralto has a 12-month low of $79.43 and a 12-month high of $115.00. 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 stock has a 50 day moving average of $103.29 and a two-hundred day moving average of $106.31. The company has a market cap of $24.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.18, a PEG ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.06.

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 net margin of 15.69% and a return on equity of 52.85%. Equities analysts forecast that Veralto will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Veralto Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.11 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This is an increase from Veralto’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.45%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.58%.

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.