Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) has updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance, projecting an EPS of 4.070-4.130 and revenue of $10.2 billion, exceeding consensus estimates.
• The company's recent quarterly earnings reported an EPS of $1.24, significantly surpassing the expected $0.99, alongside a revenue increase of 29% year-over-year.
• Insider trading has been notable, with key figures in the company selling over 180,000 shares in the past three months, representing a significant decrease in their ownership.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.070-4.130 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.840. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.2 billion-$10.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.1 billion. Vertiv also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.230-1.290 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Research cut shares of Vertiv from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $159.00 target price on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Wolfe Research restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $155.00 target price on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Cfra Research upgraded Vertiv to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Sunday, August 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $162.95.

Vertiv Trading Down 0.6%

NYSE VRT opened at $174.74 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $144.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $121.71. Vertiv has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $184.44. The company has a market capitalization of $66.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 83.61, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.59 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The company's revenue was up 29.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.230-1.290 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.070-4.130 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Vertiv will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio is 7.18%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Vertiv news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total value 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total transaction of $1,943,065.60. Following the sale, the director owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This trade represents a 77.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. Insiders own 5.01% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ossiam bought a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $50,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the 2nd quarter valued at $74,000. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 19.8% during the 2nd quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 1,390 shares of the company's stock valued at $178,000 after buying an additional 230 shares in the last quarter. PDT Partners LLC bought a new position in Vertiv in the 2nd quarter worth $257,000. Finally, IHT Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the 2nd quarter worth $332,000. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company's stock.

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.

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