Clarius Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,915 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $246,000.
Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Ibex Wealth Advisors increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 10.5% in the first quarter. Ibex Wealth Advisors now owns 73,739 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,324,000 after buying an additional 6,989 shares in the last quarter. FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv in the first quarter valued at $33,389,000. Fox Run Management L.L.C. increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 449.9% in the first quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 21,545 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,556,000 after buying an additional 17,627 shares in the last quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth about $2,790,000. Finally, Maxi Investments CY Ltd increased its position in Vertiv by 160.3% during the 1st quarter. Maxi Investments CY Ltd now owns 26,025 shares of the company's stock worth $1,879,000 after purchasing an additional 16,025 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts recently commented on VRT shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Rothschild & Co Redburn started coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $147.58.
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Vertiv Stock Performance
NYSE VRT opened at $159.10 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $60.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 76.13, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $169.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $137.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $114.95.
Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The company's revenue was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.
Vertiv Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were given a dividend of $0.0375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.1%. Vertiv's payout ratio is 7.18%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,803 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at $573,873.52. This trade represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571. Insiders own 5.01% of the company's stock.
Vertiv Profile
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Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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