Roth Capital Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Vertiv

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Vertiv in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 23rd. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.82 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.81. Roth Capital has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vertiv's current full-year earnings is $3.59 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Vertiv's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $2.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.94 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 6.19% and a return on equity of 61.41%.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Melius lowered shares of Vertiv from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $125.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Royal Bank of Canada started coverage on Vertiv in a report on Friday, March 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $121.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Vertiv from $140.00 to $125.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. KGI Securities began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday. They issued a "hold" rating on the stock. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $153.00 to $98.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $120.38.

Vertiv Trading Up 7.4 %

Shares of VRT opened at $83.75 on Friday. Vertiv has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $155.84. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $81.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $107.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.43, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Vertiv by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,356,089 shares of the company's stock worth $4,130,415,000 after purchasing an additional 1,244,780 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC increased its position in Vertiv by 68.6% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 7,754,347 shares of the company's stock valued at $880,971,000 after acquiring an additional 3,153,932 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Vertiv by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,050,965 shares of the company's stock valued at $688,260,000 after acquiring an additional 99,181 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA bought a new position in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at about $597,379,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in Vertiv by 25.3% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,905,807 shares of the company's stock worth $557,349,000 after purchasing an additional 990,361 shares during the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.18%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. Vertiv's payout ratio is presently 8.72%.

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.

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