VLTO (Veralto) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1,785 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


VLTO Veralto Corp VLTO
61 GF Score
Price $92.52
GF Value $107.01
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Veralto Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Veralto VLTO -0.03% 61 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,785 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates VLTO with a GF Score™ of 61/100 and a GF Value™ of $107.01 (Modestly Undervalued). The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Veralto's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $448 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $1,785 Mil.


Veralto  (NYSE:VLTO) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Veralto Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Veralto Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Veralto Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1,428.00 1,431.00 1,536.00 1,644.00 1,756.00

Veralto Quarterly Data
Dec21 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 419.00 442.00 451.00 444.00 448.00

VLTO vs ZWS, CECO, PCT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Veralto Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Veralto Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,785 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1,785 Mil mean?
Veralto (VLTO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1,785 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Veralto and its competitors.
Is Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Veralto's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,785 Mil. Overall, Veralto has a GF Score™ of 61/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ZWS and CECO?
Veralto's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1,785 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Veralto and its competitors. Veralto's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,785 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Veralto stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Veralto (VLTO) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $107.01, compared to a current price of $92.52 — trading 13.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,785 Mil. Veralto's overall GF Score™ is 61/100 with 1 warning sign to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Veralto (VLTO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,785 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Veralto (VLTO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Veralto stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $92.52 is trading 13.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $107.01. GuruFocus considers Veralto to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for VLTO:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1,785 Mil
  • GF Value™: $107.01 vs. price of $92.52 (13.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the VLTO stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Veralto Business Description

Other Exchanges 1VLTO:ItalyRZ2:Germany
Address 225 Wyman Street, Suite 250, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451
Veralto is a diversified industrial firm organized into two segments. The water quality segment offers water analytics and water treatment solutions, while the product quality and innovation segment offers coding, packaging, and color solutions for consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company has around 17,000 employees. Veralto generated approximately $5.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
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