Buyback yield (TTM)
1.38%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
1.90%
5Y share count change
1.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$300.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$2.57B
Key takeaways
- Veralto (VLTO) repurchased about $300.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 1.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 4.92× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 32% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Veralto (VLTO)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Veralto (VLTO)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Veralto (VLTO)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Veralto (VLTO)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
In 2025, Veralto (VLTO) buyback spend totalled $0.00.
Across 2020–2025 (5 years), Veralto buyback spend produced a CAGR of -100.0% – with a net decline across the window.
Veralto buyback spend peaked at $844.00M in 2020; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $844.00M in 2020 and its low of $0.00 in 2024.
Veralto Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Veralto buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Veralto Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
In 2024, Veralto reported buyback spend of $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Veralto Buyback Spend 2023: $147.00M
Veralto buyback spend in 2023 was $147.00M, plunged 81.2% below 2022.
Veralto Buyback Spend 2022: $781.00M
2022's buyback spend for Veralto came in at $781.00M, edged down 2.4% below 2021.
Veralto Buyback Spend 2021: $800.00M
Veralto buyback spend in 2021 was $800.00M.
See more financial history for Veralto (VLTO).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $74.00M | −$74.00M | — | 0.25B | +0.3% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $65.00M | −$65.00M | — | 0.25B | +1.3% | |
| 2023 | $147.00M | $55.00M | $92.00M | 0.73% | 0.25B | +0.1% | |
| 2022 | $781.00M | $41.00M | $740.00M | 3.94% | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2021 | $800.00M | $34.00M | $766.00M | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2020 | $844.00M | $30.00M | $814.00M | — | 0.25B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$147.00M
- 2022$781.00M
- 2021$800.00M
- 2020$844.00M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Veralto (VLTO)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 4.92×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Veralto (VLTO)
How Veralto splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Veralto, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
| $1.14B | |
| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
- $5.19B
- $2.68B
- $1.86B
- $1.14B
- $1.13B
- $50.00M
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $928.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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