By Elias Schisgall

Shares of Vontier rose after the company issued upbeat guidance for the year above Wall Street expectations.

Shares were trading up 11% to $45.21 late Thursday morning after hitting a 52-week high of $48.20 earlier in the session. The stock is up 20% over the past year.

The industrial technology company on Thursday recorded a fourth-quarter profit of $123.5 million, or 85 cents a share, compared with a profit of $123.5 million, or 82 cents a share, a year earlier.

Stripping out certain one-time items, the company reported adjusted earnings of 86 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet were targeting 85 cents a share, and the company had guided for adjusted earnings between 82 and 86 cents a share.

Sales grew to $808.5 million, up from $776.8 million a year earlier. Analysts had been targeting $764.7 million in sales.

For the current first quarter, the company is projecting sales between $730 million and $740 million and adjusted earnings of between 78 cents and 81 cents a share.

Analysts are expecting $747.7 million in sales and adjusted earnings of 81 cents a share for the quarter.

Vontier forecasted full-year sales of between $3.1 billion and $3.15 billion and adjusted earnings of between $3.35 and $3.50 a share.

Analysts are expecting $3.09 billion in sales and $3.40 a share in adjusted earnings.

Write to Elias Schisgall at elias.schisgall@wsj.com

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February 12, 2026 11:47 ET (16:47 GMT)

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