UBS Group AG Lowers Stake in Veralto Corporation $VLTO

UBS Group AG lowered its position in shares of Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO) by 3.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,567,990 shares of the company’s stock after selling 47,726 shares during the period. UBS Group AG’s holdings in Veralto were worth $156,454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Veralto during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in Veralto during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new position in Veralto during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. True Wealth Design LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 852.9% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 324 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 290 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Capital Management Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Veralto by 45.9% in the fourth quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 340 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.28% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Veralto

Here are the key news stories impacting Veralto this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat expectations — Veralto reported better-than-expected revenue and EPS with mid-single-digit revenue growth year?over?year and strong Water Quality performance and cash flow, which supports the company’s fundamentals and FY guidance. Zacks: Veralto Q1 Earnings & Revenues Beat Yahoo: Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights
• Positive Sentiment: Small analyst upgrade from Royal Bank of Canada — RBC raised its target modestly to $100 and kept a sector perform rating, signaling limited upside but some analyst confidence. Benzinga: RBC Price Target Raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Guidance largely in line with estimates — Management set FY?2026 EPS guidance around 4.20–4.28 and Q2 at ~0.96–1.00, which tracks consensus (~4.23) and reduces surprise risk; focus now shifts to execution. Earnings Presentation
• Negative Sentiment: Citigroup trimmed its price target (from $104 to $102) and moved to a neutral rating — that note likely put near?term pressure on the stock despite the target still implying upside, contributing to today’s downward move. Benzinga: Citigroup Lowers Target
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/volume pressure — trading volume is elevated versus the average and the share price sits below the 50? and 200?day moving averages, increasing the likelihood of additional short?term selling until a clear support test or catalyst appears.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VLTO has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Veralto from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Veralto from $104.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Veralto from $99.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Veralto in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $103.00 target price on shares of Veralto in a report on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Veralto currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $106.11.

Veralto Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of VLTO opened at $88.34 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $90.55 and its 200 day moving average is $96.50. Veralto Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $84.99 and a fifty-two week high of $110.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.69 billion, a PE ratio of 22.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.67.

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.05. Veralto had a net margin of 17.33% and a return on equity of 35.03%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.40 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.95 earnings per share. Veralto’s quarterly revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. Veralto has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.280 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Veralto Corporation will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Veralto Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st were given a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 31st. Veralto’s payout ratio is currently 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.