VLTO vs CDZI vs NWPX Stock Comparison

Veralto, Cadiz and NWPX Infrastructure Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VLTO Veralto Corp
$103.97 +7.6% 1M +4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$27.42B
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.80B
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
2 wins
CDZI Cadiz Inc
$4.71 +31.6% 1M -14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$377.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.34M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

NWPX Infrastructure leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (NWPX Infrastructure 7, Veralto 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVLTOCDZINWPXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.42B $377.82M $933.58M VLTO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.4x -9.2x 17.5x NWPX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.9x — 18.9x NWPX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.4% -4.8% +15.9% NWPX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -286.1% 8.9% NWPX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 12.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.5% -14.5% +76.0% NWPX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -5.0%/yr +32.8%/yr NWPX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.3% 66.6% 40.0% VLTO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 23/100 80/100 NWPX

Percentile Scorecard

VLTOCDZINWPX

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

AxisVLTOCDZINWPX
Valuation 70 #7 of 21 15 #18 of 21 100 #1 of 21
Growth 50 #10 of 19 39 #12 of 19 94 #2 of 19
Profitability – 20 #13 of 16 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health – 20 #17 of 21 70 #7 of 21
Shareholder Returns – – 56 #5 of 10
Overall – 23 80
  • VLTO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • CDZI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • NWPX ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodVLTOCDZINWPXSPY
1 month +7.6%+31.6%-4.3% +0.7%
3 months +9.8%+50.0%-22.8% +3.7%
6 months +17.9%+8.8%-0.3% +7.1%
Year to date +4.2%-16.0%+56.8% +12.8%
1 year +4.5%-14.5%+76.0% +11.9%
3 years +52.1%+60.2%+253.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +15.0%+17.0%+52.4% +22.8%
5 years —-22.4%+312.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year —-5.0%+32.8% +10.9%
10 years —-36.8%+647.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-4.5%+22.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureVLTOCDZINWPXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.3%66.6%40.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.9%64.2%34.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.231.441.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.19-0.221.90 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.6%-75.0%-35.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.9%-31.9%-34.6% -1.2%
52-week high $104.87$6.92$149.94 $779.14
52-week low $82.23$2.98$53.85 $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.

MultipleVLTOCDZINWPX
P/E now vs peer median 25.4xmedian 25.4x -9.7xmedian 25.4x 17.7xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.5x 27.6xmedian 2.5x 1.6xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.9x —median 17.9x 10.3xmedian 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 22.3x —median 22.3x 10.9xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.8x 85.0xmedian 1.8x 2.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 4.62median 1.73 2.30median 1.73 0.54median 1.73

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 monthsVLTOCDZINWPX
Revenue $5.80B $14.34M $602.76M
Gross profit $3.49B $4.25M $125.97M
Operating income $1.27B -$26.90M $71.15M
Net income – -$35.98M $53.48M
Free cash flow – – $86.83M
R&D $278.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.08 $-1,199.69 $5.45
Cash & equivalents – $5.32M $6.06M
Total debt – $278.50M $21.50M
Shares (diluted) 245.80M 34.19K 9.81M
Enterprise value $27.42B $346.27M $891.67M

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
MetricVLTOCDZINWPX
P/E 25.4x -9.7x 17.7x
P/FCF 22.1x – 10.9x
P/Operating cash flow – – 8.8x
P/S 4.4x 27.6x 1.6x
P/B – 85.0x 2.2x
P/Tangible book – 85.0x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA – – 10.3x
EV/EBIT – -17.8x 13.5x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 33.3x 1.6x
EV/FCF – – 11.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.62 2.30 0.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVLTOCDZINWPX
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.4% -4.8% 15.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 89.3% 11.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.7% -12.7% 26.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 97.5% 16.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.2% -8.9% 47.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.3% -12.0% 25.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – -9.9% 46.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -4.9% 31.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 11.9% -8.4% 46.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.5% -4.2% 32.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 58.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 43.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 80.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 92.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVLTOCDZINWPX
Gross margin – 29.6% 20.9%
EBITDA margin – – 15.4%
Operating margin – -187.6% 11.8%
Pretax margin – -250.5% 11.4%
Net margin – -286.1% 8.9%
FCF margin – – 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin – – 17.7%
Return on equity – -257.3% 12.5%
Return on assets – -26.1% 7.9%
Return on invested capital – – 12.5%
Return on capital employed – -21.0% 12.9%
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVLTOCDZINWPX
Debt / assets – 64.5% 3.1%
Debt / equity – 18.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.2x
Debt / FCF – – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets – 96.5% 37.0%
Equity / assets – 3.5% 63.0%
Interest coverage – -2.9x 48.6x
Current ratio – 1.2x 2.6x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 1.8x
Cash ratio – 0.5x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – -6.11 4.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVLTOCDZINWPX
Dividend yield 0.5% – –
Net buyback yield – – 0.7%
Shareholder yield 0.5% – 0.7%
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.

ConsensusVLTOCDZINWPX
Forward P/E 22.9xFY2026 – 18.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.54FY2026 $-0.54FY2026 $5.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.4%FY2026 – +45.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9% – -7.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.70BFY2026 $8.61MFY2026 $573.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.7%FY2026 -47.2%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.5% +109.5% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVLTOCDZINWPX
Held by institutions 96.1% 46.7% 89.5%
Institutions holding 975 117 225
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +4.0% +4.6%
Institutions buying 399 54 125
Institutions selling 385 39 65
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.38 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

VLTOCDZINWPX
VLTO 1.00 0.01 0.01
CDZI 0.01 1.00 0.18
NWPX 0.01 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VLTO, CDZI and NWPX?

Veralto (VLTO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Veralto (VLTO) $27.42B, Cadiz (CDZI) $377.82M, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) $933.58M.

Which stock is cheaper, VLTO, CDZI and NWPX?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Veralto (VLTO) 27.4x, Cadiz (CDZI) -9.2x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 17.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) is cheapest (Veralto (VLTO) 22.9x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 18.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Veralto (VLTO) +6.4%, Cadiz (CDZI) -4.8%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +15.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) has the highest net margin (Cadiz (CDZI) -286.1%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) returned the most: Veralto (VLTO) +4.5%, Cadiz (CDZI) -14.5%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +76.0%. Over five years, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) compounded fastest (Cadiz (CDZI) -5.0%/yr, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +32.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Veralto (VLTO) has been the steadiest (Veralto (VLTO) 23.3%, Cadiz (CDZI) 66.6%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 40.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VLTO, CDZI and NWPX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

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.