Hobbs Group Advisors LLC Takes Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Hobbs Group Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 4,595 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $590,000.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,389,000. Fox Run Management L.L.C. boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 449.9% during the 1st quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 21,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after purchasing an additional 17,627 shares during the period. Trilogy Capital Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,790,000. Maxi Investments CY Ltd boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 160.3% during the 1st quarter. Maxi Investments CY Ltd now owns 26,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,879,000 after purchasing an additional 16,025 shares during the period. Finally, Balboa Wealth Partners boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 68.9% during the 1st quarter. Balboa Wealth Partners now owns 29,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,123,000 after purchasing an additional 12,001 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This trade represents a 77.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the director owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. The trade was a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Glj Research assumed coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. They set a “sell” rating and a $112.00 price objective for the company. Cfra Research raised shares of Vertiv to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Sunday, August 10th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Vertiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $149.84.

Vertiv Price Performance

Vertiv stock opened at $169.09 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $64.57 billion, a PE ratio of 80.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 52-week low of $53.60 and a 52-week high of $183.11. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The company’s 50 day moving average is $139.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.61.

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

Vertiv Announces Dividend

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

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.