Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Bought by HighTower Advisors LLC

Key Points

• HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. by 18.3%, acquiring an additional 7,834 shares, bringing its total holdings to 50,650 shares valued at approximately $3.66 million.
• In a recent report, Melius raised Vertiv's stock rating from "hold" to "buy" with a target price of $165.00, signaling positive sentiment from analysts towards the company's performance.
• Vertiv reported a significant revenue increase of 35.1% year-over-year, achieving earnings per share of $0.95, exceeding analyst expectations and raising its guidance for Q3 2025.

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) by 18.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 50,650 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 7,834 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC's holdings in Vertiv were worth $3,657,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRT. GW&K Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. SouthState Corp purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the first quarter valued at $27,000. North Star Investment Management Corp. boosted its stake in Vertiv by 4,120.0% in the first quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 422 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. Sachetta LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 242.0% during the first quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 448 shares of the company's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 211.9% during the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 315 shares of the company's stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total transaction of $5,590,383.34. Following the sale, the insider owned 18,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,529,590.08. The trade was a 68.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total value of $5,059,801.89. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 9,551 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,106,292.33. This represents a 82.06% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.63% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VRT. Oppenheimer upped their target price on Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on Vertiv in a report on Wednesday. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Redburn Atlantic upgraded shares of Vertiv to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $142.00.

Vertiv Stock Performance

NYSE VRT traded down $0.5830 on Friday, hitting $125.9970. 5,613,599 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,845,569. The firm has a market cap of $48.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.77. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $129.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $105.74. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a fifty-two week low of $53.60 and a fifty-two week high of $155.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The firm had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 17th were issued a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 14.0%. This is a boost from Vertiv's previous dividend of $0.01. Vertiv's payout ratio is 7.18%.

Vertiv Company Profile

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.