Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Vertiv Holdings Co. has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from twenty-seven ratings firms, with average price targets among brokerages set at $142.00.
• The company reported a 35.1% year-over-year revenue increase for the last quarter, with earnings per share (EPS) of $0.95, exceeding analysts' expectations.
• Insider trades indicate significant selling activity, with an executive selling over 41,000 shares, representing a 68.85% decrease in their holdings.

Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the twenty-seven ratings firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recommendation, eighteen have assigned a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $142.00.

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on VRT shares. William Blair started coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Monday, July 28th. They issued an "outperform" rating on the stock. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on shares of Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" 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, Melius upgraded shares of Vertiv from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total value of $5,590,383.34. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 18,848 shares in the company, valued at $2,529,590.08. This trade represents a 68.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total transaction 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Vertiv

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,006,755 shares of the company's stock worth $4,880,447,000 after buying an additional 291,596 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,269,839 shares of the company's stock worth $1,061,930,000 after buying an additional 442,937 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company's stock worth $469,490,000 after buying an additional 3,420,144 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,686,778 shares of the company's stock worth $856,082,000 after buying an additional 219,970 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,931,488 shares of the company's stock worth $761,662,000 after buying an additional 1,024,634 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of VRT stock opened at $125.9970 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $48.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.29, a P/E/G 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 has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $155.84. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $129.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $105.65.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. Vertiv had a net margin of 8.93% and a return on equity of 51.64%. The company had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. The company'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, research analysts anticipate that Vertiv will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th were given a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. This represents a 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.

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