Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) Receives $142.00 Average Target Price from Analysts

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-seven analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $142.00.

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Melius Research upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $134.00 to $165.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Melius upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. William Blair began coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Monday, July 28th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, Glj Research began coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. They set a “sell” rating and a $112.00 price target for the company.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of NYSE VRT opened at $151.72 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. Vertiv has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $155.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $133.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $110.13. The stock has a market cap of $57.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 72.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.78.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The company had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Vertiv will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be 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 is Monday, September 15th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is 7.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Vertiv news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total value of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571 over the last three months. 5.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VRT. Toronto Dominion Bank raised its position in Vertiv by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 46,629 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,298,000 after acquiring an additional 3,108 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at $263,000. Vident Advisory LLC grew its holdings in Vertiv by 197.5% in the fourth quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 23,434 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,662,000 after purchasing an additional 15,558 shares during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Vertiv by 370.7% in the fourth quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 607,384 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,005,000 after purchasing an additional 478,350 shares during the last quarter. Finally, USS Investment Management Ltd acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at $7,763,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

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.