-- 独立研究机构CFRA向提供了以下研究报告。CFRA分析师的观点总结如下：根据第一季度业绩，我们将目标股价从115美元调整至100美元，相当于22倍的市盈率，维持2027年每股收益预期4.53美元不变，接近同业三年历史平均市盈率。我们将2026年每股收益预期从4.15美元上调至4.20美元。VLTO第一季度业绩表现强劲，超出预期，运营每股收益为1.07美元，同比增长12.6%，高于市场普遍预期的1.01美元。核心销售额同比增长约2%，主要得益于水质业务收入的强劲增长（增长4%），抵消了产品质量与创新业务1%的下滑。中国市场表现喜忧参半，各业务板块业绩差异显著。尽管销售业绩不一，但营业利润率小幅提升10个基点至25.1%，反映出净利润有所改善。自由现金流增长19.7%，支持了本季度约10亿美元的资本部署，其中包括用于收购In-Situ和GlobalVision的6.2亿美元以及3亿美元的股票回购。VLTO还启动了一项成本优化计划，预计到2028年每年可节省6500万至7500万美元。
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