Transcendent Capital Group LLC Takes $484,000 Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 3,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $484,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 62.2% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 5,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $443,000 after acquiring an additional 2,257 shares during the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 58.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 5,202 shares of the company’s stock worth $376,000 after acquiring an additional 1,910 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 37.6% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $112,000 after acquiring an additional 423 shares during the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 31.4% during the 1st quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 6,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $484,000 after acquiring an additional 1,602 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 7.0% during the 1st quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $857,000 after acquiring an additional 779 shares during the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Vertiv news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total transaction of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. The trade was a 42.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571 over the last ninety days. 2.63% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Vertiv stock opened at $169.09 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $139.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.61. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $183.11. The company has a market capitalization of $64.57 billion, a PE ratio of 80.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (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 firm had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Research analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Rothschild Redb raised shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $128.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $159.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a report on Monday, September 29th. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $135.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Vertiv from a “buy (b)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $149.84.

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.