Kapity Melissa

SVP Melissa Kapity sold 14,840 shares ($1.4M) at $96.60; holdings cut by 50.2% post-transaction

Melissa Kapity, SVP Water Quality at Veralto Corp, executed 3 separate sales totaling 14,840 shares for $1,433,544.00 at $96.60 on 2026-02-27, reducing her holdings from 29,555 shares to 14,715 shares. Her cross-ticker track record shows an average 90-day return of +13.0% after her prior 20 sells, with a 0.00% well-timed rate—meaning her prior sales consistently missed subsequent gains. At her prior 5 trades at VLTO specifically, the pattern continued: all 5 prior sales were followed by positive 90-day returns (ranging +12.7% to +13.1%), indicating poor timing at this ticker as well. The current stock price of $95.64 is -12.9% from the 52-week high and down -3.4% over 30 days, placing the trade at a relative valley in recent price action; however, given the historical timing pattern, this does not necessarily signal forward-looking concern about the fundamentals.

SVP Melissa Aquino sells 31,689 shares of VLTO for $2,968,244.69; reduces holding by 64.5%

Melissa Aquino, SVP of Water Quality at Veralto Corp, executed 22 separate sales on 2025-05-01 totaling 31,689 shares for $2,968,244.69 at a blended average price of $93.67. This sale reduced her post-transaction holdings to 17,434 shares from a pre-transaction position of 49,123 shares, representing a net reduction of 64.5% of her prior holdings. The current stock price of $95.69 stands 15.8% below the 52-week high of $113.60, and the multiple-transaction structure executed at closely-clustered prices ($93.54–$93.68 range) reflects programmatic execution rather than discrete decision points. For an insider holding a senior operational role at a $23.7B market-cap company with a P/E of 28.39 and recent quarterly net income of $225.0M, a substantial reduction in equity exposure warrants investor attention to whether this reflects changes in conviction or personal portfolio considerations.