Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) Receives $177.81 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-nine brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $177.8095.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on VRT. Mizuho upped 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Vertiv from $150.00 to $206.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Redburn Atlantic raised shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $173.00 to $201.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Cfra Research raised shares of Vertiv to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 7th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Vertiv news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the insider owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the sale, 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 position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. Insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vertiv

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the first quarter worth about $33,389,000. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 100.1% in the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,246,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $415,132,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,456 shares in the last quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 449.9% in the 1st quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 21,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after acquiring an additional 17,627 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 130.2% in the 2nd quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,175,000 after purchasing an additional 5,173 shares during the period. Finally, Trilogy Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,790,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:VRT opened at $178.98 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $161.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $134.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.54, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.87. Vertiv has a one year low of $53.60 and a one year high of $202.45.

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

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 5.66%.

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.