For the quarter ended March 2025, Veralto (VLTO) reported revenue of $1.33 billion, up 6.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.95, compared to $0.84 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.79% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.28 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.87, the EPS surprise was +9.20%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Veralto performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Product Quality & Innovation: $538 million compared to the $512.40 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.3% year over year.
- Sales- Water Quality: $794 million compared to the $772 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6% year over year.
- Operating profit- Water Quality: $198 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $195.20 million.
- Operating profit- Other: -$22 million compared to the -$25 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating profit- Product Quality & Innovation: $146 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $141.15 million.
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Shares of Veralto have returned -4.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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