-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點總結如下：根據第一季業績，我們將目標股價從115美元調整至100美元，相當於22倍市盈率，維持2027年每股收益預期4.53美元不變，接近同業三年曆史平均市盈率。我們將2026年每股盈餘預期從4.15美元上調至4.20美元。 VLTO第一季業績表現強勁，超出預期，營運每股收益為1.07美元，較去年同期成長12.6%，高於市場普遍預期的1.01美元。核心銷售額年增約2%，主要得益於水質業務收入的強勁成長（成長4%），抵銷了產品品質與創新業務1%的下滑。中國市場表現喜憂參半，各業務板塊業績差異顯著。儘管銷售業績不一，但營業利益率小幅提升10個基點至25.1%，反映出淨利有所改善。自由現金流成長19.7%，支持了本季約10億美元的資本部署，其中包括用於收購In-Situ和GlobalVision的6.2億美元以及3億美元的股票回購。 VLTO還啟動了一項成本優化計劃，預計到2028年每年可節省6500萬至7500萬美元。
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