Roth Capital Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for Vertiv

Key Points

• Roth Capital increased its Q2 2025 earnings per share estimate for Vertiv from $0.82 to $0.83, maintaining a "Buy" rating with a price target of $157.00.
• Multiple analysts have rated Vertiv positively, with a consensus target price of $137.89, and 89.92% of the company's stock is held by institutional investors and hedge funds.
• Vertiv increased its dividend to $0.0375 per share, reflecting a yield of 0.14%, up from the previous dividend of $0.01, indicating a strengthening financial position.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Vertiv in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, July 29th. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.83 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.82. Roth Capital currently has a "Buy" rating and a $157.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vertiv's current full-year earnings is $3.59 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Vertiv's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.48 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.40 EPS.

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, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 56.24% 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 last year, the company posted $0.67 EPS.

VRT has been the subject of several other research reports. Bank of America raised their target price on Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Evercore ISI reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Melius Research upgraded Vertiv from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $134.00 to $165.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Finally, William Blair assumed coverage on Vertiv in a report on Monday. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $144.06.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of VRT traded down $3.94 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $141.66. 10,317,134 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,543,791. The company has a market capitalization of $53.99 billion, a PE ratio of 67.78, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.75. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $121.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $104.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.28. Vertiv has a one year low of $53.60 and a one year high of $155.84.

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%.

Insider Activity

In other Vertiv news, insider Karsten Winther sold 5,500 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.33, for a total transaction of $518,815.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 18,847 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,777,837.51. The trade was a 22.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total value of $5,059,801.89. Following the sale, 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 2.63% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vertiv

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vertiv by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company's stock worth $2,723,034,000 after purchasing an additional 1,359,070 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its stake in Vertiv by 96.8% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company's stock worth $469,490,000 after purchasing an additional 3,420,144 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,050,965 shares of the company's stock worth $688,260,000 after buying an additional 99,181 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA acquired a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 4th quarter worth about $597,379,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 25.3% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,905,807 shares of the company's stock worth $557,349,000 after buying an additional 990,361 shares during the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.