Veralto (VLTO) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.18
- Estimate
- $1.09
- Surprise
- +8.3%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Veralto (VLTO) beat the $1.09 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.18 — a clear 8.3% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Sell at 5.5/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VLTO Sell at 5.5/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +8.3% surprise compares with a +7.8% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.8 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (1.5% away)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $104.06
- Stop
- $100.30
The stock trades at 26.2× trailing but 21.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 78 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VLTO at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Pollution & Treatment Controls
- Market cap
- $25.37B
- P/E (fwd)
- 21.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 26.2
- 52-week range
- $80.03–$105.61
- Off 52-week high
- 1.5%
- RSI (14)
- 78
- Volume vs avg
- 1.15×
- Score today
- 5.5/10