Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.560. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.3 billion-$9.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.5 billion. Vertiv also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.770-0.850 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on VRT. KGI Securities began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Roth Mkm began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. They set a “buy” rating and a $75.00 target price on the stock. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Vertiv from $153.00 to $98.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Royal Bank of Canada began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Friday, March 7th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $121.00 target price on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.69.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of VRT opened at $110.78 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $42.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 86.55, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.73. The company has a 50-day moving average of $94.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $103.99. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.02. Vertiv had a net margin of 6.19% and a return on equity of 61.41%. The business had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.43 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that Vertiv will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th will be issued a $0.0375 dividend. This represents a yield of 0.14%. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 16th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is presently 8.72%.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total transaction of $5,059,801.89. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 9,551 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,106,292.33. This trade represents a 82.06% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 5,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.33, for a total transaction of $518,815.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 18,847 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,777,837.51. The trade was a 22.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Vertiv stock. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) by 25.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,557 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,377 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $834,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

About Vertiv

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.