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Veralto Corporation’s unifying purpose is Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital ResourcesTM. Our diverse group of leading operating companies provide essential technology solutions that monitor, enhance and protect key resources around the globe. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 17,000
- Headquarters
- Waltham, MA
- CEO
- Jennifer Honeycutt
- Next results
- around Feb 2, 2027
7 paragraphs in Risk Factors of the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2025. Quoted exactly. Paragraphs that were only edited are under 10-K change.
Compared with the Risk Factors in the latest 10-K of the other 81 Industrials companies: a paragraph with at least half its words the same at another company is called similar, and the companies are listed under it. A paragraph most of them have is marked boilerplate. No line means no other company has one like it. This counts text; it does not say how serious a risk is.
The U.S. government has imposed and may continue to impose significant tariffs or other restrictions on foreign imports, and such trade restrictions or related countermeasures taken by impacted foreign countries could negatively affect our business and financial statements.
The U.S. government has imposed significant tariffs or other restrictions on certain foreign imports and has raised the possibility of imposing additional tariff increases or expanding the tariffs to capture other countries and types of foreign imports. For example, since January 2025, the U.S. government has threatened or imposed significant tariffs on imports from China and various new or additional tariffs on imports from other countries with limited, temporary
exclusions for certain goods. Any such current or future tariffs, along with other U.S. trade actions, have triggered and could further trigger retaliatory actions by certain affected countries, and other foreign governments may also impose trade measures, including reciprocal tariffs, on other U.S. goods in the future. These tariffs and other trade actions could increase the cost of, and reduce demand for, our products and services, which would adversely impact our business. In addition, political tensions as a result of trade policies could reduce trade volume, investment, technological exchange and other economic activities between major international economies, resulting in a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, which could adversely affect our business and financial statements.
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Uncertainties with respect to the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in our business and products may result in harm to our business and financial statements.
We are in the early stages of incorporating artificial intelligence (“AI”) into our business activities and our product and service offerings. As with many innovations, AI presents risks and challenges that could adversely impact our business. The development, adoption, and use of AI technologies are still in their early stages and ineffective or inadequate AI development or deployment practices could result in unintended consequences. For example, AI algorithms may be flawed or may be based on datasets that are biased or insufficient. In addition, any disruption or failure in the AI functionality we incorporate into our business activities, products or services could adversely impact our business or result in delays or errors in our offerings. Conversely, any failure to successfully develop and deploy AI in our business activities, products and services could adversely affect our competitiveness (particularly if our competitors successfully deploy AI in their businesses, products and services), and the development and deployment of AI will require additional investment and increase our costs. There also may be real or perceived social harm, unfairness, or other outcomes that undermine public confidence in the use and deployment of AI. Any of the foregoing may result in decreased demand for our products or harm to our business and financial statements.
The legal and regulatory landscape surrounding AI technologies is rapidly evolving and uncertain, including in the areas of intellectual property, cybersecurity and privacy and data protection. Compliance with new or changing laws, regulations or industry standards relating to AI may impose significant costs and may limit our ability to develop, deploy or use AI technologies. Failure to appropriately respond to this evolving landscape may result in legal liability, regulatory action, or brand and reputational harm.
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and regulatory proceedings in excess of our reserves as of December 31, 2025 will have a material effect on our business or financial statements.
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New in the latest 10-Q
9 paragraphs in the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-Q filed Jul 29, 2026 (at least half the words must differ; new numbers alone do not count). Quoted exactly, grouped by the item heading above them. This is text that changed, not a judgement of how serious it is.
10-Q
During 2026, the Company acquired an additional business for total consideration of approximately $ 63 million in cash, net of cash acquired. The business will be integrated into the Water Quality segment. The Company recorded an aggregate of approximately $ 52 million of goodwill related to the acquisition of this business, which will be non-deductible for tax purposes.
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The Company satisfies short-term liquidity needs not met through operating cash flow and available cash primarily through issuances of commercial paper under its commercial paper program. Credit support for the commercial paper program is provided by the Company's $ 1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”).
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During the three months ended October 2, 2026, the Company issued $ 250 million of commercial paper at an interest rate of 4.30 %. The Company recorded $ 1 million of debt discounts related to the issuance. As of October 2, 2026, the remaining maturity was approximately 31 days. The commercial paper was issued in order to fund the acquisition of Cleanwater1 during the fourth quarter of 2026; refer to Note 14 for additional information related to the Company’s acquisition of Cleanwater1.
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On August 18, 2026, the Company repaid the $700 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes using available cash and proceeds from the issuance of the 2032 Notes.
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On October 5, 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of Cleanwater1 for $ 465 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The acquisition was funded through the issuance of commercial paper and available cash on hand. Cleanwater1 is a leading provider of on-site hypochlorite disinfection, solids management and odor control technologies with an installed base of approximately 25,000 units across municipal drinking water, wastewater and industrial applications. As a trusted industry leader with deep application expertise, Cleanwater1's technologies are essential to customers' daily water treatment operations, helping customers enhance operational efficiency, safety and regulatory compliance. Cleanwater1 will be integrated into the Water Quality segment.
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The initial accounting for the Cleanwater1 acquisition is incomplete as a result of the timing of the acquisition. Accordingly, it is impracticable for the Company to make certain business combination disclosures in this report such as the estimated fair values of assets and liabilities acquired and the amount of goodwill.
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Veralto Corporation’s unifying purpose is Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital ResourcesTM. Our diverse group of leading operating companies provides essential technology solutions that monitor, enhance and protect key
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On October 5, 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of Cleanwater1 for $465 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Cleanwater1 is a leading provider of on-site hypochlorite disinfection, solids management and odor control technologies with an installed base of approximately 25,000 units across municipal drinking water, wastewater and industrial applications. As a trusted industry leader with deep application expertise, Cleanwater1's technologies are essential to customers' daily water treatment operations, helping customers enhance operational efficiency, safety and regulatory compliance. Cleanwater1 will be integrated into the Water Quality segment.
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2025, driven by positive pricing actions and the net positive impact from the gross profit margin of recent acquisitions, partially offset by incremental year-over-year labor and material costs.
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The 10-Q's risk factors against the 10-K
Item 1A of the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 against Item 1A of the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2026.
A 10-Q repeats only the risks that changed, so a 10-K paragraph that is missing from it is not counted as removed.
Added is a paragraph with nothing like it in the 10-K, Reworded a sentence that is in both with several words changed,
Quiet changes a sentence in both where one to four words changed and one is a hedge or a modal
(cut words struck through, new words highlighted and underlined).
Text on the page, not a score; each links to the filing at sec.gov.
What the 10-Q itself says about its risk factors:
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There were no material changes during the quarter ended October 2, 2026 to the risk factors previously disclosed in the “Item 1A. Risk Factors” section of the 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and as updated in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended April 3, 2026.
1 paragraph in the 10-Q's Item 1A, and none of them adds, rewords or quietly edits a paragraph of the 10-K's.
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