Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Has $3.35 Million Stock Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Key Points

• Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. reduced its stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. by 48.3%, selling 43,339 shares during the first quarter, leaving them with 46,381 shares valued at $3,349,000.
• Insider transactions have seen EVP Stephen Liang and insider Paul Ryan sell significant portions of their stocks, collectively offloading 208,955 shares worth approximately $26.5 million in the last three months.
• Equities analysts generally portray a positive outlook for Vertiv, with the majority rating it as a Buy and several raising target prices to as high as $173.00.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. decreased its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) by 48.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 46,381 shares of the company's stock after selling 43,339 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.'s holdings in Vertiv were worth $3,349,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in Vertiv during the first quarter valued at $8,760,000. Blue Whale Capital LLP boosted its position in Vertiv by 29.1% during the first quarter. Blue Whale Capital LLP now owns 732,118 shares of the company's stock valued at $52,859,000 after purchasing an additional 165,172 shares during the last quarter. Strategies Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vertiv during the first quarter valued at $406,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Vertiv by 42.4% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 41,267 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,979,000 after purchasing an additional 12,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arnhold LLC boosted its position in Vertiv by 41.2% during the first quarter. Arnhold LLC now owns 306,217 shares of the company's stock valued at $22,109,000 after purchasing an additional 89,370 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total transaction of $5,059,801.89. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 9,551 shares in the company, valued at $1,106,292.33. The trade was a 82.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. This represents a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 208,955 shares of company stock valued at $26,477,307. 2.63% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of Vertiv stock traded down $6.53 during trading on Friday, reaching $127.70. The company's stock had a trading volume of 6,363,320 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,130,561. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.74. The business's fifty day moving average price is $130.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $105.98. The firm has a market cap of $48.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.77. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a one year low of $53.60 and a one year high of $155.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.67 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th were paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This is a positive change from Vertiv's previous dividend of $0.01. This represents a yield of 14.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio is presently 7.18%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on VRT shares. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen raised Vertiv from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 21st. Barclays set a $128.00 price target on Vertiv and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Glj Research assumed coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. They issued a "sell" rating and a $112.00 price target for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $142.00.

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.