CHICAGO TRUST Co NA bought a new stake in Veralto Co. (NYSE:VLTO – Free Report) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 1,820 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $204,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto during the fourth quarter worth about $238,000. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky acquired a new stake in shares of Veralto in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,544,000. Integrated Advisors Network LLC purchased a new position in shares of Veralto during the fourth quarter worth approximately $371,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Veralto in the 4th quarter valued at $155,000. Finally, American International Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Veralto during the 4th quarter worth $5,272,000. 91.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity at Veralto
In other news, CEO Jennifer Honeycutt sold 13,190 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.15, for a total value of $1,452,878.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 138,546 shares in the company, valued at $15,260,841.90. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, CEO Jennifer Honeycutt sold 13,190 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.15, for a total value of $1,452,878.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 138,546 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,260,841.90. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Surekha Trivedi sold 753 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.55, for a total transaction of $84,750.15. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 11,165 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,256,620.75. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 39,039 shares of company stock valued at $4,310,335. 0.31% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
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Veralto Stock Performance
NYSE VLTO opened at $113.29 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $110.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $101.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 1.70. The company has a market capitalization of $27.97 billion and a P/E ratio of 35.51. Veralto Co. has a 1-year low of $65.51 and a 1-year high of $114.18.
Veralto (NYSE:VLTO – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Veralto had a return on equity of 58.82% and a net margin of 15.60%. The business’s revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.80 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Veralto Co. will post 3.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Veralto Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.32%. Veralto’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 11.29%.
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.
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