Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $2.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 6.19% and a return on equity of 61.41%. Vertiv updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.770-0.850 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.650 EPS.
Vertiv Trading Up 3.8 %
Shares of NYSE VRT traded up $3.18 during trading on Friday, hitting $87.06. 14,306,641 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,013,845. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $81.05 and a 200-day moving average price of $107.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.15 billion, a PE ratio of 68.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.65. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84.
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 given a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.17%. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8.72%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
VRT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Vertiv from $153.00 to $98.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday. Roth Mkm assumed coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. They set a "buy" rating and a $75.00 target price on the stock. Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $150.00 to $145.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Roth Capital upgraded shares of Vertiv to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 7th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $120.38.
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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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