Veralto rises after strong Q3 results and higher full-year guidance

Veralto Corporation (VLTO) is up 6.8% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The move appears tied to a strong third-quarter earnings release and a higher full-year 2026 outlook. Investors likely responded to broad-based sales growth, margin expansion, stronger cash generation, and management’s expectation that core sales growth will accelerate again in the fourth quarter. ([investors.veralto.com](https://investors.veralto.com/2026-10-29-Veralto-Reports-Third-Quarter-2026-Results))

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Veralto, Yahoo Finance

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$VLTO Insider Trading Activity

$VLTO insiders have traded $VLTO stock on the open market 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VLTO stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

• JENNIFER HONEYCUTT (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 21,292 shares for an estimated $2,139,992.
• SUREKHA TRIVEDI (SVP, Strategy & Sustainability) sold 986 shares for an estimated $95,691
• BERNARD M SKEETE (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 300 shares for an estimated $26,462

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$VLTO Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 395 institutional investors add shares of $VLTO stock to their portfolio, and 506 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

• T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. added 10,088,263 shares (+278.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $894,627,162
• JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 3,104,075 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $275,269,371
• BROWN ADVISORY INC removed 2,713,491 shares (-90.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $240,632,381
• BLACKROCK, INC. removed 2,281,597 shares (-9.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $202,332,021
• VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC removed 2,157,005 shares (-95.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $191,283,203
• FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP added 2,039,799 shares (+33.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $180,889,375
• NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB removed 1,959,006 shares (-76.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $173,724,652

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$VLTO Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $VLTO stock 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VLTO stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

• REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 08/21, 08/14.
• REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 06/24, 05/11, 05/01 and 0 sales.

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