Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Vertiv Holdings Co. has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 27 ratings firms, with a price target of $142.00 among analysts.
• Insider transactions revealed significant stock sales, including Director Jakki Haussler selling 15,680 shares and Director Steven Reinemund selling 100,000 shares, indicating a decrease in their positions.
• The company reported strong quarterly earnings, with EPS of $0.95, exceeding analyst expectations, and announced a quarterly dividend of $0.0375 per share.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the twenty-seven brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $142.00.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Redburn Atlantic upgraded Vertiv to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Rothschild Redb upgraded Vertiv to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Sunday, August 10th. William Blair assumed coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Monday, July 28th. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Finally, Roth Capital boosted their price objective on Vertiv from $100.00 to $157.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Vertiv news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total transaction of $5,590,383.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 18,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,529,590.08. The trade was a 68.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at $1,630,334.02. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. 2.63% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vertiv

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. GW&K Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Vertiv in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. Promus Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. SouthState Corp purchased a new position in Vertiv in the first quarter worth $27,000. Avion Wealth increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 99.1% during the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 213 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 4,120.0% during the first quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 422 shares of the company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company's stock.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of Vertiv stock traded up $2.03 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $143.99. 6,677,486 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,931,254. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $132.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $108.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $54.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 68.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.78. Vertiv has a one year low of $53.60 and a one year high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

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

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.18%.

About Vertiv

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.