Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.570-0.630 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.9 billion. Vertiv also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-3.600 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $150.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $121.00 to $131.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Melius lowered shares of Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their target price on Vertiv from $115.00 to $141.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vertiv presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $139.36.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Vertiv stock traded down $11.39 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $111.87. The company had a trading volume of 7,552,907 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,760,169. The company has a 50 day moving average of $124.27 and a 200-day moving average of $108.09. Vertiv has a 52 week low of $55.00 and a 52 week high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market cap of $41.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.63, a PEG ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.64.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a return on equity of 55.33% and a net margin of 7.72%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.56 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Vertiv will post 2.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd were paid a $0.0375 dividend. This is a boost from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.13%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6.67%.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other Vertiv news, insider Anand Sanghi sold 30,914 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $141.46, for a total transaction of $4,373,094.44. Following the sale, the insider now owns 19,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,751,114.08. This represents a 61.38 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 86,619 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.07, for a total transaction of $11,353,152.33. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,551 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,562,549.57. This trade represents a 81.59 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 171,527 shares of company stock valued at $23,105,682 over the last quarter. 5.01% of the stock is owned by company 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.