Mutual Advisors LLC Purchases 704 Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Mutual Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 8.3% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 9,168 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 704 shares during the period. Mutual Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $1,260,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Amundi grew 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 valued at $469,490,000 after purchasing an additional 3,420,144 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. grew 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 valued at $166,183,000 after purchasing an additional 2,089,612 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew 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 valued at $2,723,034,000 after purchasing an additional 1,359,070 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $77,820,000. Finally, Fred Alger Management LLC grew its holdings in 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 last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on VRT shares. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $151.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 21st. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $167.00 to $192.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $155.00 target price on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $128.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vertiv presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $160.30.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of VRT stock opened at $174.11 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.49 billion, a PE ratio of 83.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $143.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $119.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12 month low of $53.60 and a 12 month high of $184.44.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.67 EPS. Vertiv’s quarterly revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is presently 7.18%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the 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 owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total transaction of $5,590,383.34. Following the transaction, the insider owned 18,848 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,529,590.08. The trade was a 68.85% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. 2.63% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.