Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Stock Price Down 1.2% - What's Next?

Key Points

• Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE: VRT) experienced a decline of 1.2% during trading, with a low of $123.93 before settling at $124.43.
• Analysts have issued a variety of ratings on Vertiv, with two giving it a Strong Buy, eighteen recommending a Buy, while only one analyst rated it as a Sell.
• The company declared a recent dividend increase to $0.0375 per share, up from the previous $0.01, reflecting a dividend yield of 14.0%.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 1.2% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $123.93 and last traded at $124.43. 1,330,767 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 85% from the average session volume of 9,150,594 shares. The stock had previously closed at $125.97.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer increased their target price on shares of Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Evercore ISI reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Sunday, August 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $142.00.

Vertiv Stock Performance

The company's 50-day moving average price is $130.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $105.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.74. The stock has a market cap of $48.76 billion, a PE ratio of 61.10, a PEG ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.77.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 8.93% and a return on equity of 51.64%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last 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 forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th were given a $0.0375 dividend. This represents a yield of 14.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. This is a boost from Vertiv's previous dividend of $0.01. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio is 7.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vertiv

In related news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. This trade represents a 42.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was 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 owned 18,848 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,529,590.08. The trade was a 68.85% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 208,955 shares of company stock worth $26,477,307 in the last 90 days. 2.63% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vertiv

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv in the second quarter valued at about $538,132,000. Winslow Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv in the second quarter valued at about $459,284,000. Amundi increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company's stock valued at $469,490,000 after acquiring an additional 3,420,144 shares during the period. 1832 Asset Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 985.3% in the first quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,301,700 shares of the company's stock valued at $166,183,000 after acquiring an additional 2,089,612 shares during the period. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 100.1% in the second 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 period. 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.