Insider Selling: Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Insider Sells $2,829,240.12 in Stock

Key Points

• Vertiv Holdings Co. insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares for approximately $2.83 million, reducing his ownership by 63.44% to 12,803 shares.
• The company's quarterly earnings report showed $2.64 billion in revenue, significantly exceeding analyst expectations and marking a 35.1% year-over-year increase.
• Analysts are optimistic about Vertiv's stock, with multiple institutions raising their price targets, including an upgrade to a price target of $162.00 by the Royal Bank of Canada.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the sale, the insider 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Paul Ryan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 25th, Paul Ryan sold 1,400 shares of Vertiv stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.63, for a total transaction of $175,882.00.

Vertiv Stock Performance

NYSE:VRT traded up $3.00 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $128.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,938,701 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,153,733. The business's fifty day moving average is $130.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is $105.58. The stock has a market cap of $48.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.25, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.77. 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 Holdings Co. has a 1 year low of $53.60 and a 1 year high of $155.84.

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

Vertiv Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Vertiv

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. IHT Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 4th quarter valued at about $211,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its stake in Vertiv by 41.8% during the fourth quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 10,939 shares of the company's stock worth $1,243,000 after purchasing an additional 3,225 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in Vertiv in the 4th quarter valued at about $459,000. Nebula Research & Development LLC raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 48.4% during the 4th quarter. Nebula Research & Development LLC now owns 6,301 shares of the company's stock valued at $716,000 after buying an additional 2,056 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its position in Vertiv by 25.5% in the fourth quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,443 shares of the company's stock valued at $732,000 after purchasing an additional 1,309 shares during the period. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRT has been the topic of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Mizuho lifted their price target on Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Zacks Research raised Vertiv to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Two equities research 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 company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average 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.

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