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Vontier Corporation VNT
$31.66 -0.09% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.46B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The diluted share count fell 5.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Over the past year the stock returned -24.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 39.3 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth7Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 26%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 18%
Quality55Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginTop 16%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Interest coverTop 18%
Value89Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Momentum20Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Revisions20Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 46%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 44%
Stability84Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.1% | 0.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 15.0% | -8.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 46.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 18.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.0% | 10.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.9% | 4.1% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.4% | 15.0% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Gross margin | 46.6% | 47.3% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 18.0% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 13.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.8% | 14.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.8% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.2% | — | Bottom 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.18×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.86×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 18.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.32%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.71%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.25
- Target vs current price
- +20.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +10.6% | +4.9% | -0.6% | -3.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -2.4% | -12.5% | -17.2% | -19.2% | -6.4% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +1.2% | +3.4% | +0.7% | -11.1% | -26.1% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +2.6% | -10.9% | -10.8% | -16.4% | -13.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +9.7% | +4.4% | +2.0% | +9.4% | +8.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | +8.5% | +1.3% | +7.4% | +13.5% | +25.4% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +1.3% | +1.8% | +2.4% | -14.9% | -7.6% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +5.8% | +8.8% | +17.4% | +15.0% | +11.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.81 | +10.6% | $756.7M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.80 | $0.82 | -2.4% | $750.6M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.86 | $0.85 | +1.2% | $808.5M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.76 | +2.6% | $752.5M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.72 | +9.7% | $773.5M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.71 | +8.5% | $741.1M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.80 | $0.79 | +1.3% | $776.8M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.73 | $0.69 | +5.8% | $750.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.1× | 13.9× | 43th | Top 6% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 2.00× | — | — | Top 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.46% | — | — | Top 20% |
| Earnings yield | 7.61% | — | — | Top 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.6× – 18.6× since Jul 2, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -24.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -8.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -7.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.4%
- RSI (14)
- 48.6
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.51
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -38.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -54.6% | 270 days | 345 days (Feb 15, 2024) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | May 19, 2026 | -38.7% | 536 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Oct 13, 2020 | -23.5% | 5 days | 64 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | -15.7% | 52 days | 104 days (Aug 27, 2021) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | -10.3% | 2 days | 2 days (Oct 1, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.46B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.07B
- Dividend yield
- 0.32%
- 52-week range
- $27.25 – $48.20
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.99B | $3.18B | $3.10B | $2.98B | $3.08B |
| Gross profit | $1.33B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.42B | $1.45B |
| Operating income | $582.2M | $577.9M | $543.4M | $537.0M | $561.6M |
| Net income | $413.0M | $401.3M | $376.9M | $422.2M | $406.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.43 | $2.49 | $2.42 | $2.75 | $2.76 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $750.0M | $776.8M | $741.1M | $773.5M | $752.5M | $808.5M | $750.6M | $756.7M |
| Net income | $91.8M | $123.5M | $87.9M | $91.9M | $102.8M | $123.5M | $94.3M | $27.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.60 | $0.82 | $0.59 | $0.62 | $0.70 | $0.85 | $0.66 | $0.20 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $481.1M | $321.2M | $455.0M | $427.5M | $511.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$47.8M | -$60.0M | -$60.1M | -$82.7M | -$69.9M |
| Free cash flow | $433.3M | $261.2M | $394.9M | $344.8M | $441.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$12.7M | -$15.9M | -$15.5M | -$15.2M | -$14.7M |
| Net share buybacks | $7.5M | -$325.5M | -$74.7M | -$224.7M | -$290.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $265.8M
- Total assets
- $4.03B
- Total liabilities
- $2.83B
- Total debt
- $1.93B
- Net debt
- $1.67B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.19B
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.03 | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.03 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.03 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.03 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.03 | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.03 | Jun 26, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.03 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.03 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,749,339
- Days to cover
- 9.33
- Change vs previous report
- +12.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.