profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Veralto
$118.25+0.65% today
+20.9% in 1 year
1-year low $82.231-year high $118.77
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $30.59 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Veralto sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.87 billion in 2022 to $5.50 billion in 2025, with $940 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Veralto handed back 11% of the cash it generated last year.
$109M
Free cash flow 2025$1.0B
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$109M
Cash vs. debt$2.0B vs. $2.9B
Veralto vs. similar companies
Veralto grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veralto | 30.6× · Expensive | ||
 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions | 38.2× · Expensive | ||
 CECO Environmental | 63.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Energy Recovery | 16.1× · Fair price | ||
 PureCycle Technologies | No profit yet |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Veralto's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,700 | 4,870 | 5,021 | 5,193 | 5,503 | |
| 2,713 | 2,760 | 2,901 | 3,105 | 3,299 | |
| 1,041 | 1,112 | 1,140 | 1,208 | 1,277 | |
| 1,153 | 1,203 | 1,213 | 1,277 | 1,347 | |
| 861 | 845 | 839 | 833 | 940 | |
| 3.50 | 3.43 | 3.40 | 3.34 | 3.76 | |
| 57.7% | 56.7% | 57.8% | 59.8% | 59.9% | |
| 22.1% | 22.8% | 22.7% | 23.3% | 23.2% | |
| 18.3% | 17.4% | 16.7% | 16.0% | 17.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,840 | 4,825 | 5,693 | 6,406 | 7,693 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 762 | 1,101 | 2,031 |
| Total debt | – | 123 | 2,777 | 2,767 | 2,879 |
| Total liabilities | – | 1,585 | 4,304 | 4,361 | 4,587 |
| – | 3,235 | 1,383 | 2,038 | 3,105 | |
| 246 | 247 | 247 | 250 | 250 | |
| – | 26.2% | 21.4% | 19.7% | 16.8% | |
| – | 26.1% | 60.7% | 40.9% | 30.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 896 | 870 | 963 | 875 | 1,077 | |
| 54 | 34 | 54 | 55 | 63 | |
| 842 | 836 | 909 | 820 | 1,014 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 0 | 0 | 89 | 109 |
| – | 781 | 147 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 41 | 55 | 65 | 74 |
Valuation
- 30.6×
- 27.9×
- 16.92
- 7.0×
- 5.2×
- 28.4×
- 22.0×
- 3.5%
- 3.3%
- 0.6%
Profitability
- 59.9%
- 23.2%
- 17.1%
- 24.5%
- 16.3%
- 21.0%
- 33.4%
- 12.7%
- 22.8%
- 4.8%
Growth
- +4.0%
- +1.8%
- +23.7%
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.89
- 34.8%
- 13.9×
- 1.48
- 1.32
- 0.73
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 13%of 985
Top 8%of 988
Bottom 30%of 874
Bottom 36%of 989
Bottom 48%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $106.14
- Range
- $102.00 – $113.00
- 9 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.07 | 1.02 | +4.9% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1.04 | 0.98 | +6.3% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.99 | 0.95 | +4.7% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 0.93 | 0.88 | +5.4% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.95 | 0.87 | +9.6% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 0.95 | 0.90 | +5.6% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 0.89 | 0.85 | +4.7% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 0.85 | 0.80 | +6.2% |
0.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$6a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.09 in 2023 → $0.46 in 2025
How safe it looks
11.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 10.7%
News
2 Reasons to Sell VLTO and 1 Stock to Buy InsteadYahoo Finance · Sep 23, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 23, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
72Pass
Benjamin Graham
50No pass
Philip Fisher
69Pass
Peter Lynch
30No pass
Joel Greenblatt
35No pass
Charlie Munger
75Pass
Terry Smith
73Pass
Questions about Veralto
Is Veralto a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Veralto AI analysis
What does Veralto do?
Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Water Quality (WQ) and Product Quality & Innovation (PQI). It is in Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls, based in Waltham, MA, United States, with 17,000 employees.
Does Veralto pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.6% a year, about 12% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $109 million in dividends.
Is Veralto stock halal?
Yes. Veralto passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Veralto stock done over the past year?
Up 20.9% over the past twelve months, to $118.25. It traded between $82.23 and $118.77, close to its high.
Who are Veralto's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, CECO Environmental, Energy Recovery and PureCycle Technologies. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Veralto's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.