VLTO vs Peers Stock Comparison

Veralto Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VLTO Veralto Corp
$103.34 +6.4% 1M -1.3% 1Y
Market cap
$25.24B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.70B
Div. yield
0.50%
Water Treatment Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

VLTO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisVLTO
Valuation 37 #204 of 325
Growth 50 #130 of 257
Profitability 88 #31 of 244
Financial Health 58 #161 of 384
Shareholder Returns 39 #95 of 155
Overall 54
  • VLTO ranked among 389 companies in Industrials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodVLTOSPY
1 month +6.4% -0.8%
3 months +9.6% +3.5%
6 months +18.6% +7.0%
Year to date +3.6% +12.2%
1 year -1.3% +13.0%
3 years +52.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.0% +23.1%

Risk

MeasureVLTOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.05 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5% -1.8%
52-week high $104.87 $779.14
52-week low $82.23 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleVLTO
P/E now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 18.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 11.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 5.72median 0.92

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsVLTO
Revenue $5.70B
Gross profit $3.43B
Operating income $1.30B
Net income $988.00M
Free cash flow $1.05B
R&D $276.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.02
Cash & equivalents $2.12B
Total debt $3.38B
Shares (diluted) 245.80M
Enterprise value $17.88B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricVLTO
P/E 25.6x
P/FCF 24.1x
P/Operating cash flow 22.9x
P/S 4.4x
P/B 8.1x
P/Tangible book 11.1x
EV/EBITDA 19.1x
EV/EBIT 20.5x
EV/Revenue 4.7x
EV/FCF 25.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVLTO
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 3.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 10.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 4.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVLTO
Gross margin 60.2%
EBITDA margin 24.4%
Operating margin 22.7%
Pretax margin 21.2%
Net margin 17.3%
FCF margin 18.4%
Operating cash flow margin 19.4%
Return on equity 32.4%
Return on assets 12.2%
Return on invested capital 17.4%
Return on capital employed 21.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVLTO
Debt / assets 39.5%
Debt / equity 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x
Debt / FCF 3.2x
Liabilities / assets 63.8%
Equity / assets 36.2%
Interest coverage 14.1x
Current ratio 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.5x
Cash ratio 1.0x
Altman Z-score 4.52

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVLTO
Dividend yield 0.5%
Net buyback yield 1.7%
Shareholder yield 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusVLTO
Forward P/E 22.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVLTO
Held by institutions 96.1%
Institutions holding 974
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3%
Institutions buying 399
Institutions selling 384
Buyers to sellers 1.04

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.