Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Sold by Cullinan Associates Inc.

Cullinan Associates Inc. decreased its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 17.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,800 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,222 shares during the quarter. Cullinan Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $745,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VRT. Merit Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 113.5% during the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 13,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $990,000 after purchasing an additional 7,287 shares in the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 30.7% during the first quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 2,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,000 after purchasing an additional 697 shares in the last quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the first quarter valued at about $255,000. KMG Fiduciary Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 13.6% during the first quarter. KMG Fiduciary Partners LLC now owns 32,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,357,000 after purchasing an additional 3,903 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Outlook Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the first quarter valued at about $475,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vertiv Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of VRT opened at $160.45 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $137.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $114.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 76.77, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $168.99. 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 (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.Vertiv’s revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. Company insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $155.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted 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. Redburn Atlantic upgraded shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Glj Research initiated coverage on Vertiv in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. They set a “sell” rating and a $112.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed 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, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $144.95.

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.