PFG Investments LLC Buys 5,134 Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

PFG Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 65.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,970 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,134 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $1,665,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Amundi raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $469,490,000 after acquiring an additional 3,420,144 shares in the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 985.3% in the 1st quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,301,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $166,183,000 after acquiring an additional 2,089,612 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,723,034,000 after acquiring an additional 1,359,070 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 1st quarter worth about $77,820,000. Finally, Fred Alger Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 19.6% in the 1st quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 3,496,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,416,000 after acquiring an additional 572,545 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Sunday, August 10th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $155.00 target price on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Bank of America raised their target price on Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Finally, Melius upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $144.95.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of VRT opened at $161.69 on Thursday. 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 50 day moving average price of $136.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $112.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 77.36, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 52 week low of $53.60 and a 52 week high of $162.23.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. 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. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is currently 7.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 133,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,095,957.26. This represents a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were 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 directly owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. This represents a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571. Company insiders own 2.63% 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.