Vertiv (VRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It offers AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and digital critical infrastructure software services. It offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, E&I, Powerbar, and Avocent brands. The company serves cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $107.05 to $109.52
• 50-Day Range: $59.42 to $109.78
• 52-Week Range: $53.60 to $155.84
• Volume: 5.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.95 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $41.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 85.37
• Dividend Yield: 0.14%
• Price Target: $122.38
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Vertiv Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Vertiv scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 234th out of 649 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Vertiv has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Vertiv has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 24.23%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Vertiv are expected to grow by 24.23% in the coming year, from $3.59 to $4.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Vertiv is 85.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Vertiv is 85.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Vertiv has a PEG Ratio of 1.07. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Vertiv has a P/B Ratio of 16.84. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.49% of the float of Vertiv has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Vertiv has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Vertiv has recently decreased by 26.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Vertiv has a dividend yield of 0.14%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Vertiv has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Vertiv is 8.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Vertiv will have a dividend payout ratio of 3.36% next year. This indicates that Vertiv will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.49% of the float of Vertiv has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Vertiv has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Vertiv has recently decreased by 26.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

Vertiv has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for Vertiv this week, compared to 28 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 95 people have searched for VRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 44 people have added Vertiv to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -28% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Vertiv insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $518,815.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.63% of the stock of Vertiv is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.92% of the stock of Vertiv is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VRT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VRT shares performed this year?

Vertiv's stock was trading at $113.61 at the start of the year. Since then, VRT stock has decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $109.27.
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How were Vertiv's earnings last quarter?

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 23rd. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Who are Vertiv's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Vertiv include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.90%), Amundi (1.82%), Invesco Ltd. (1.29%) and Susquehanna International Group LLP. Insiders that own company stock include Vpe Holdings, Llc, Doherty Philip O', Roger Fradin, Joseph J Deangelo, Jan Van Dokkum, Anders Karlborg, Stephen Liang, Yibin Edward Cui, Anand Sanghi, Karsten Winther, Jakki L Haussler and Scott Cripps.
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How do I buy shares of Vertiv?

Shares of VRT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Vertiv own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Vertiv investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CrowdStrike (CRWD) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/27 Dividend: 3/18/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/27 Dividend: 3/18/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/27/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/23/2025
• Today: 5/29/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/23/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Electronic components, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VRT
• CIK: 1674101
• Web: www.vertiv.com
• Phone: (614) 888-0246
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 27,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $122.38
• High Stock Price Target: $155.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $75.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.79
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 85.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.44
• P/E Growth: 1.07
• Net Income: $495.80 million
• Net Margins: 6.19%
• Pretax Margin: 9.55%
• Return on Equity: 61.41%
• Return on Assets: 13.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.19
• Current Ratio: 1.65
• Quick Ratio: 1.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.95
• Cash Flow: $3.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.39
• Book Value: $6.49 per share
• Price / Book: 16.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 381,105,000
• Free Float: 356,532,000
• Market Cap: $41.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.70