A Few Bright Spots In Veralto Corp (NYSE: VLTO)

Veralto Corp (NYSE:VLTO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.50M but it saw 1375023 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 27.63B USD, the company’s current market price of $111.81 came rising about 0.49 while comparing to the previous closing price of $111.26. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $112.22 and as low as $65.51. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $111.26 while lowest mark touched by it was $112.77.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Veralto Corp (VLTO) gives us an average price of $108.30, while its current price level is -0.37% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 70.68% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $102.82 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $90.34. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.02% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.56%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 70.91 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the UBS which initiated the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on August 13, 2024, recommending a price target of $118 for it. Goldman also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $104.

Over the week, VLTO’s stock price is moving 0.88% up while it is 4.93% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 35.92% up and over the past year.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.75 beat the consensus estimate of 0.7 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in September, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.85 while estimate for next year EPS is 3.44. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.34B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $5.17B and seeing the company making $5.46B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.3B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Veralto Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 246.40M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 18.50% and return on equity (ROE) at 32.02%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 34.96 while having a 30.22 of forward P/E ratio. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 16.58 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.44. Its return on asset (ROA) is 14.82% on average.