Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Bought by Atria Investments Inc

Atria Investments Inc raised its position in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 41.6% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 15,091 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,437 shares during the quarter. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $1,938,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. GW&K Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Avion Wealth increased its stake in shares of Vertiv by 99.1% in the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 213 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Sachetta LLC increased its stake in shares of Vertiv by 242.0% in the first quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the period. Finally, OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vertiv

In related news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total transaction of $1,943,065.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571. 5.01% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Vertiv Trading Down 5.8%

Shares of NYSE:VRT opened at $180.30 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 68.04, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.87. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $202.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.83. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $156.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $130.79.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $2.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.59 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 50.82%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. Vertiv has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.230-1.290 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.070-4.130 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.66%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on VRT. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $216.00 price target on shares of Vertiv and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. TD Cowen upped their target price on Vertiv from $162.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. KGI Securities raised Vertiv from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $155.00 price target on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Rothschild Redb raised Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $177.81.

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.