Why is VLTO up?
Up 7% on Oct 30 while the S&P 500 fell 2%.
- Its Oct 29 results:
VLTO's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 18.
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Up 7% on Oct 30 while the S&P 500 fell 2%.
| Outperforming | Up 32% in 6 months vs the S&P's +5% |
| Its score | Up:Back in the top 100 for the first time since Oct 2024 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 29 |
ReportThu Oct 29: the results are out. Raised its outlook for the year. Past reports ›
After its last 4 reports it closed +1.4% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 7 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. VLTO scores 18 today, against a median of 11 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
VLTO is #1 of 8 by Quality Score among Instruments for Measuring & Testing of Electricity & Electric Signals.
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Expected to report Tue Feb 2, after the close (in 92 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
“Reflecting this growth outlook, early gains from our cost optimization program and our strong third-quarter performance, we raised our full year 2026 adjusted earnings per share guidance to $4.49 to $4.52, representing 15% to 16% growth over the prior year.”
VLTO's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Core sales growth | 4.2% to 4.5% year-over-year |
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +3.8% | +6.8% | open |
| Jul 28, 2026 | +3.1% | +0.4% | -2.0% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +3.6% | +4.5% | +3.0% |
Sales grew every year from 2021 to 2025, to $5.5B. It made a profit in each of the five years.
16 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: VLTO is 0.1% of VIG, under 0.1% of SPYI, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Veralto is a diversified industrial firm organized into two segments. The water quality segment offers water analytics and water treatment solutions, while the product quality and innovation segment offers coding, packaging, and color solutions for consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company has around 17,000 employees. Veralto generated approximately $5.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
“Although Veralto’s businesses generally operate in highly competitive markets, Veralto’s competitive position cannot be determined accurately in the aggregate or by segment since none of its competitors offer all of the same product and service lines or serve all of the same markets as Veralto, or any of its segments, does.”
VLTO scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #1 of 8 in Instruments for Measuring & Testing of Electricity & Electric Signals by Quality Score, with 7 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 7% on Oct 30 while the S&P 500 fell 2%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
VLTO scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #1 of 8 in Instruments for Measuring & Testing of Electricity & Electric Signals by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind VLTO's 18.
Expected to report Tue Feb 2, after the close, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. VLTO closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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