Woodline Partners LP Grows Stock Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Woodline Partners LP raised its holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 72.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 140,609 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 59,057 shares during the quarter. Woodline Partners LP’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $10,152,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at about $37,000. GW&K Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. SouthState Corp purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. North Star Investment Management Corp. raised its stake in Vertiv by 4,120.0% in the first quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 412 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sachetta LLC raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 242.0% in the first quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total transaction of $12,822,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,095,957.26. This trade represents a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571. Insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 21st. Mizuho raised their price objective on Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $142.00.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:VRT opened at $135.51 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $131.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $107.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $51.75 billion, a PE ratio of 64.84, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.78. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1 year low of $53.60 and a 1 year high of $155.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly 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. The firm had revenue of $2.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The business’s revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.67 earnings per share. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be paid a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is 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 currently 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.