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

Key Points

• Analysts have a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" for Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT), with a diverse breakdown of recommendations including one sell, eight holds, eighteen buys, and one strong buy.
• Vertiv's stock price target among analysts ranges from $128.00 to $173.00, with a recent upgrade by Melius giving a target of $165.00.
• Insider trading activity shows significant share sales, with a director selling 100,000 shares valued at over $12 million, indicating potential changes in insider confidence about the company’s future.

Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the twenty-eight ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $149.8421.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on VRT shares. Melius upgraded Vertiv from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays increased their target price on Vertiv from $128.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $159.00 target price on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Melius Research upgraded Vertiv from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and increased their target price for the company from $134.00 to $165.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on Vertiv from $135.00 to $173.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. This trade represents a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the sale, the director owned 4,631 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This trade represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 5.01% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vertiv

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

Vertiv Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VRT opened at $169.09 on Monday. 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 $183.11. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $139.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.89. The firm has a market cap of $64.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 80.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. The firm 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Vertiv will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were given a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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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