“From a product line perspective, core sales in the marking and coding business increased 2.0% year-over-year during the three-month period ended April 3, 2026, driven by demand across most major end-markets and geographies.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
Veralto Corporation
VLTO
Market read
Veralto Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 31 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- VLTO's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if VLTO's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 31 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- VLTO's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +6.0% year over year.
- Net margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.15x in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Input and raw-material costs has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Labor availability and costs has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
94.10Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The portion of revenue attributable to currency translation is calculated as the difference between the period-to-period change in revenue (excluding sales from acquired/divested businesses (as defined above, as applicable)) and the period-to-period change in…”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“Gross profit margins decreased 30 basis points on a year-over-year basis during the three-month period ended April 3, 2026, as compared to the comparable period in 2025, driven by incremental year-over-year labor costs.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“Gross profit margins decreased 30 basis points on a year-over-year basis during the three-month period ended April 3, 2026, as compared to the comparable period in 2025, driven by incremental year-over-year labor costs.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for VLTO. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.
What improved
- Revenue increased 6.8% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The gross profit margin decrease was partially offset by positive pricing actions, the impact of product mix, and the net positive impact from the gross profit margin of recent acquisitions.”
“The increase in net earnings was primarily driven by increased sales resulting from positive pricing actions and the impact of product mix, partially offset by higher cost of sales.”
“Overview of Cash Flows and Liquidity Following is an overview of the Company’s cash flows and liquidity: Three-Month Period Ended ($ in millions) April 3, 2026 April 4, 2025 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 182 $ 157 Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired $ (426) $ — Payments for additions to property, plant and equipment $ (12) $ (15) All other investing activities (1) 4 Net cash used in investing activities $ (439) $ (11) Payment of dividends $ (32) $ (27) Payments for repurchase of common stock (300) — Net cash used in financing activities $ (332) $ (26) • Operating cash flows increased $25 million, or 16%, during the three-month period ended April 3, 2026 as compare...”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind VLTO
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
DHRDanaher CorporationpartnerApr 29, 2026 ▾
“In connection with the Separation, the Company entered into certain agreements with Danaher, including a tax matters agreement.”
DHRDanaher CorporationinvesteeOct 29, 2025 ▾
“At the time of the Separation, Veralto Corporation consisted of Danaher’s former Environmental & Applied Solutions segment.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
VLTO is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Mixed Multi-Sector. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for VLTO; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.