Shell Asset Management Co. Has $1.77 Million Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Shell Asset Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 26.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,769 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,916 shares during the period. Shell Asset Management Co.’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $1,768,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 3.7% during 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 during the period. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% during 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 during the period. Fred Alger Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 19.6% during 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 during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,839,864 shares of the company’s stock worth $205,085,000 after acquiring an additional 182,937 shares during the period. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 985.3% during 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 during the period. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Trading Up 5.3%

VRT opened at $167.33 on Thursday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $169.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The company has a fifty day moving average of $138.45 and a 200-day moving average of $115.31. The stock has a market cap of $63.90 billion, a PE ratio of 80.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.84.

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

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vertiv

In other news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total transaction 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 trade represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Rothschild Redb raised shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Vertiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Glj Research assumed coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. They issued a “sell” rating and a $112.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Melius raised shares of Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $147.58.

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.