Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA Decreases Holdings in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA decreased its stake in Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 1.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 441,718 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,668 shares during the quarter. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA owned approximately 0.18% of Veralto worth $44,419,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Veralto by 86.1% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,157,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $226,615,000 after acquiring an additional 997,778 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Veralto by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,058,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,311,135,000 after purchasing an additional 852,276 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in shares of Veralto by 10,317.8% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 781,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,993,000 after purchasing an additional 774,148 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Veralto by 24.3% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,508,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,042,000 after purchasing an additional 685,614 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec purchased a new position in Veralto in the 3rd quarter valued at $60,543,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VLTO has been the topic of several research reports. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $117.00 price target on shares of Veralto in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Veralto from $111.00 to $104.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Veralto from $118.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Veralto from $111.00 to $102.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Veralto has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $107.56.

Veralto Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSE:VLTO opened at $89.12 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.77, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.98. Veralto Corporation has a 12-month low of $84.99 and a 12-month high of $110.11. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $91.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.41 billion. Veralto had a net margin of 17.08% and a return on equity of 35.77%. Veralto’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.95 earnings per share. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-1.010 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Veralto Corporation will post 4.21 EPS for the current year.

Veralto Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Veralto’s payout ratio is presently 13.87%.

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. This segment provides water solutions, including chemical reagents, services, and digital solutions.