Robert W. Baird Lowers Vontier (NYSE:VNT) Price Target to $44.00

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) had its price objective cut by investment analysts at Robert W. Baird from $45.00 to $44.00 in a note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Robert W. Baird’s price target points to a potential upside of 14.27% from the stock’s current price.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on VNT. Argus upgraded shares of Vontier from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $47.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Vontier from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and set a $45.00 price target (up previously from $37.00) on shares of Vontier in a research note on Monday, July 14th. UBS Group upped their price target on Vontier from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Vontier in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Vontier currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $46.75.

Vontier Stock Up 1.1%

VNT opened at $38.51 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.90. Vontier has a 12 month low of $27.22 and a 12 month high of $43.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.29. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $38.79.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.02. Vontier had a return on equity of 40.49% and a net margin of 13.34%.The firm had revenue of $752.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $747.32 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share. Vontier’s revenue was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Vontier has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.820-0.860 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.150-3.20 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Vontier will post 3.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Vontier

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vontier by 104.6% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,793,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $176,897,000 after acquiring an additional 2,450,723 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Vontier by 39.7% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,515,334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,479,000 after purchasing an additional 999,755 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vontier by 2.0% in the first quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,390,111 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,365,000 after purchasing an additional 66,620 shares during the last quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Vontier by 24.5% during the second quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 3,115,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,975,000 after buying an additional 613,746 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in Vontier by 81.6% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,824,376 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,219,000 after buying an additional 1,269,063 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.83% of the company’s stock.

Vontier Company Profile

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing.