Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Trading Down 4.9% – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) traded down 4.9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $255.57 and last traded at $256.20. Approximately 3,820,311 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 42% from the average daily volume of 6,596,956 shares. The stock had previously closed at $269.28.

More Vertiv News

Here are the key news stories impacting Vertiv this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Vertiv’s high-density uninterruptible power supply portfolio is expanding in Asia, targeting large-scale AI data centers and other critical digital infrastructure. The move supports the company’s strategy of increasing its power and cooling content per megawatt. Vertiv expands high-density UPS family in Asia
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts’ consensus price target implies approximately 28.4% upside, while upward earnings-estimate revisions could provide a near-term support for VRT. The report cautions, however, that consensus targets alone are not reliable trading signals. Wall Street analysts’ Vertiv price-target outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Research continues to identify Vertiv as a beneficiary of the AI power bottleneck. Its integrated cooling, power and data-center infrastructure offerings, co-design capabilities and service expansion could support management’s long-term targets of 20%–22% organic sales growth and operating margins above 27% by 2030. Vertiv and AI infrastructure demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Follow-up analysis after the latest earnings report is examining estimate revisions and what may come next for the shares. Vertiv exceeded quarterly EPS expectations but revenue fell short of consensus, leaving execution and forward guidance important. Why Vertiv is up since its earnings report
• Neutral Sentiment: Vertiv’s strong interest coverage, prior earnings outperformance and favorable analyst commentary are supportive, while investor attention is also focused on an upcoming Goldman Sachs conference appearance. Vertiv financial strength and analyst commentary
• Negative Sentiment: Pomerantz LLP announced an investigation into potential claims on behalf of Vertiv investors. Although the announcement does not establish wrongdoing, securities-law investigations can increase uncertainty and weigh on sentiment. Pomerantz investor investigation

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on VRT shares. Roth Capital restated a “buy” rating and issued a $355.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, May 21st. KeyCorp lowered their price target on Vertiv from $360.00 to $325.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Vertiv from $347.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Fox Advisors raised Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on shares of Vertiv from $345.00 to $412.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $357.83.

Vertiv Trading Down 4.9%

The company has a market cap of $98.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.96, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 2.06. The company has a quick ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $290.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $289.65.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $3.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.38 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 50.47% and a net margin of 15.09%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 24.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.95 earnings per share. Vertiv has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.770-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.650-6.750 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 6.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.0625 dividend. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is currently 5.66%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sachetta LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 41.4% during the 1st quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 123 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vertiv by 60.5% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 130 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 87.3% during the second quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 148 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 58.3% in the 4th quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 554.2% during the 1st quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Company Profile

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.