Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Stock Rating Lowered by Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Weiss Ratings has downgraded Vertiv's stock from a "buy (b)" to a "hold (c+)", which may signal caution among investors.
• Despite the downgrade, other analysts remain optimistic, with Evercore ISI raising the target price from $165 to $180 and maintaining an "outperform" rating.
• In recent insider transactions, a significant amount of Vertiv stock has been sold, leading to a decrease in insider ownership by 5.01% overall.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) was downgraded by investment analysts at Weiss Ratings from a "buy (b)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a report issued on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

VRT has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Vertiv from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Vertiv from $130.00 to $149.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Wolfe Research restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $155.00 price target on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Sunday, August 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $147.58.

Vertiv Trading Up 4.8%

VRT stock traded up $7.55 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $166.42. The company had a trading volume of 3,222,748 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,840,536. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 79.59, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv has a 52-week low of $53.60 and a 52-week high of $169.83. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $137.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $114.95. 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 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 business had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 8.93% and a return on equity of 51.64%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Vertiv will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vertiv

In other Vertiv news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were 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 approximately $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the director directly 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571. 5.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vertiv

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRT. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the second quarter worth $538,132,000. Winslow Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the second quarter worth $459,284,000. Amundi grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% during the first 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. 1832 Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 985.3% during the first quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,301,700 shares of the company's stock worth $166,183,000 after buying an additional 2,089,612 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 100.1% during the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,246,769 shares of the company's stock valued at $415,132,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,456 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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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