Veralto Corporation (VLTO) earnings on July 28, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More Veralto Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial

Veralto shares rose after beating earnings estimates and raising future profit outlook.

VLTO price around the earnings

98.83

Change: +0.4%

2026-07-29, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
96.80 98.58 100.37 102.15 98.47
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July 28, 2026 July 29, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published
Results released

Strong earnings track record with a high beat rate, Stifel $111 target, but Veralto acquisition lacks financial details creating uncertainty.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
The recent trend has been positive into the event, but recent trajectory shows some cooling despite analyst upgrades.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.89
Analysts covering the stock
17
Average price target
108.12
Lowest price target
98
Highest price target
132
Upside to price target
10.6%
Quarterly earnings growth
12.9%
Revenue growth
6.8%
Forward EPS
4.67
Trailing EPS
3.88
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
1
  • Strong buy: 3
  • Buy: 9
  • Hold: 7
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
3
Buy
9
Hold
7
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 20, 2026 · Stifel: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (2)

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
2.2%
Distance to 52-week high
-10.5%
14-day change (14d)
+1.4%
30-day change (31d)
+5.0%
30-day relative strength
+3.7%
SPY change (31d)
+1.3%
Nearest support
93.78
Nearest resistance
94.4
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.66

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+5.5%
  • April 28, 2026: actual EPS 1.07 vs estimate 1.01 (surprise +6.4%)
  • February 3, 2026: actual EPS 1.04 vs estimate 0.98 (surprise +6.0%)
  • October 28, 2025: actual EPS 0.99 vs estimate 0.95 (surprise +4.4%)
  • July 28, 2025: actual EPS 0.93 vs estimate 0.88 (surprise +5.2%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.1%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 11 earnings

Median move
4.5%
75th percentile move
4.9%
90th percentile move
5.2%
Up / down moves
5 / 6
Average up move
+3.9%
Average down move
-3.5%

Monitoring and close

What Veralto Corporation reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS1.11
EPS estimate1
EPS surprise+11.0%
Revenue$1,474 million
Revenue estimate$1,455 million
Revenue surprise+1.3%

Veralto reported strong Q2 sales and raised its 2026 earnings guidance, maintaining an optimistic outlook.

Sources (12)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, the figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1379 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 72% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Partial
Consolidated
+0.4%
Max favorable move (MFE)
3.8%
Max adverse move (MAE)
1.6%