Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) vs. Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) Head to Head Contrast

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) and Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Veralto and Decent, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veralto	0	4	6	0	2.60
Decent	1	0	0	0	1.00

Veralto presently has a consensus target price of $113.43, indicating a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Veralto’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veralto is more favorable than Decent.

Profitability

This table compares Veralto and Decent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veralto	16.65%	41.45%	14.05%
Decent	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.3% of Veralto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Veralto shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Veralto and Decent”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veralto	$5.36 billion	4.76	$833.00 million	$3.58	28.74
Decent	$11.54 million	1.86	$2.10 million	N/A	N/A

Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Decent.

Summary

Veralto beats Decent on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Veralto

Veralto Corporation provides water analytics, water treatment, marking and coding, and packaging and color services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Water Quality (WQ) and Product Quality & Innovation (PQI). The WQ segment offers precision instrumentation and water treatment technologies to measure, analyze, and treat water in residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, research, and natural resource applications through the Hach, Trojan Technologies, and ChemTreat brands. This segment provides water solutions, including chemical reagents, services, and digital solutions. The PQI segment offers inline printing solutions for products and packaging with marking and coding systems; marking and coding for packaged goods and related consumables; design software and imaging systems for the creation of new packaging designs; color management solutions for printed packages and consumer and industrial products; color standard services for the design industry; and a software solution that provides digital asset management, marketing resource management, and product information management. This segment sells its products and services through the Videojet, Linx, Esko, X-Rite, and Pantone brands to regulated industries, including municipal utilities, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrials. The company was formerly known as DH EAS Holding Corp. and changed its name to Veralto Corporation in February 2023. Veralto Corporation was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About Decent

Decent Holding, Inc. engages in the provision of wastewater treatment by cleansing the industrial wastewater, ecological river restoration, and river ecosystem management. Its products and services include river water quality management and microbial products for water quality enhancement and pollutant cleansing purposes. The company was founded by Ding Xin Sun on January 6, 2022 and is headquartered in Yantai, China.