Brant Point Investment Management LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Brant Point Investment Management LLC reduced its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 11.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,843 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,157 shares during the period. Brant Point Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $2,877,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRT. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in Vertiv by 41.8% during the fourth quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 10,939 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,243,000 after purchasing an additional 3,225 shares in the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC purchased a new position in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at about $459,000. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in Vertiv by 21.9% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,713,234 shares of the company’s stock valued at $308,251,000 after buying an additional 487,909 shares in the last quarter. Utah Retirement Systems increased its holdings in Vertiv by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Utah Retirement Systems now owns 39,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,465,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gallo Partners LP purchased a new position in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,826,000. 89.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VRT. Melius raised shares of Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Vertiv to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $142.00.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other Vertiv news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total value of $5,590,383.34. Following the transaction, the insider owned 18,848 shares in the company, valued at $2,529,590.08. This trade represents a 68.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 208,955 shares of company stock worth $26,477,307 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSE VRT opened at $129.23 on Thursday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1 year low of $53.60 and a 1 year high of $155.84. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $130.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $105.89. The firm has a market cap of $49.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 61.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.74.

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

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th were given a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a yield of 14.0%. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.18%.

Vertiv 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.