Liontrust Investment Partners LLP Has $1.99 Million Stock Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Liontrust Investment Partners LLP cut its position in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 77.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 15,473 shares of the company’s stock after selling 51,991 shares during the quarter. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $1,987,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Vertiv by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,006,755 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,880,447,000 after acquiring an additional 291,596 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Vertiv by 5.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,269,839 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,061,930,000 after purchasing an additional 442,937 shares in the last quarter. 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 purchasing an additional 3,420,144 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vertiv by 3.4% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,686,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $856,082,000 after buying an additional 219,970 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Vertiv by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,931,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $761,662,000 after buying an additional 1,024,634 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 5,501 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.48, for a total transaction of $937,810.48. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 4,050 shares in the company, valued at $690,444. The trade was a 57.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 5.01% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Vertiv Stock Down 9.8%

Shares of NYSE VRT opened at $161.14 on Monday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 52-week low of $53.60 and a 52-week high of $202.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.83. The stock has a market cap of $61.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 2.03. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $177.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.48.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.25. Vertiv had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 50.82%. The company had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.59 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 29.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Vertiv has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.230-1.290 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 4.070-4.130 EPS. Analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 25th will be issued a $0.0625 dividend. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 25th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is currently 9.43%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $182.00 to $204.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Zacks Research upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Vertiv from $165.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Vertiv from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $198.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $180.48.

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.