Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Shares Up 1.1% – Time to Buy?

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT)’s stock price shot up 1.1% on Monday . The stock traded as high as $258.90 and last traded at $257.68. 5,359,363 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 11% from the average session volume of 6,042,146 shares. The stock had previously closed at $254.89.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently commented on VRT. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Vertiv from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Vertiv from $200.00 to $281.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $220.00 to $286.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Mizuho boosted their price target on Vertiv from $198.00 to $290.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, February 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Vertiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $230.28.

Vertiv Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The company has a market cap of $98.59 billion, a PE ratio of 75.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 2.08. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $195.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $171.97.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $1.36 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.89 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 49.55% and a net margin of 13.03%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.99 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.950-1.010 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 5.970-6.070 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Vertiv

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Abundance Wealth Counselors lifted its stake in Vertiv by 313.7% during the 3rd quarter. Abundance Wealth Counselors now owns 10,165 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,533,000 after acquiring an additional 7,708 shares during the period. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA raised its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 35.5% during the third quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA now owns 272,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,126,000 after purchasing an additional 71,361 shares during the last quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd lifted its position in Vertiv by 272.7% during the third quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd now owns 8,825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,321,000 after purchasing an additional 6,457 shares during the period. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS boosted its holdings in Vertiv by 5.5% in the third quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 143,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,588,000 after purchasing an additional 7,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Westpac Banking Corp boosted its holdings in Vertiv by 100.2% in the second quarter. Westpac Banking Corp now owns 12,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,645,000 after purchasing an additional 6,411 shares during the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Vertiv

Vertiv is a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions for data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the company designs, manufactures and services equipment and software that support power availability, thermal management and IT infrastructure management for a broad set of end markets, including hyperscale and enterprise data centers, colocation providers, telecom operators and industrial customers.

The company’s product portfolio includes uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power distribution units (PDUs), battery and DC power systems, precision cooling and thermal management equipment, racks and enclosures, and integrated modular infrastructure.