What changed
$VLTO — BUY 📊
Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color solutions worldwide.
🎯 Q1 FY26 | Rev $1B | EPS $1.07 vs $1.01 🟢
💡 Consensus full-year EPS of ~$4.24 implies ~20x forward P/E, which may be too low given the beat magnitude and guidance raise. The market underestimates the sustainability of organic growth and margin expansion, leading to positive estimate revisions and multiple expansion.
📉 Reward/Risk: 2.0:1
🏢 Business Quality: 8/10 - Recurring revenue, high switching costs in water quality and product ID, strong Danaher Business System culture, consistent margin expansion, and defensive end-market exposure.
📊 Valuation: fair - Forward P/E ~19.8x (FY4/26 guidance midpoint $4.24), EV/EBITDA ~16x (estimated), FCF yield ~4.5%.
📊 Our read: BUY. Full analysis →
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Why it matters
Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color solutions worldwide.