Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.3 billion-$9.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.2 billion. Vertiv also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.770-0.850 EPS.

Vertiv Trading Up 3.8 %

VRT stock traded up $3.18 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $87.06. 14,306,641 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,013,842. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $81.52 and a 200-day simple moving average of $107.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.02, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.71. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its 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. Vertiv had a net margin of 6.19% and a return on equity of 61.41%. The firm had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. On average, equities research analysts predict that Vertiv will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors 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 yield of 0.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 18th. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8.72%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRT has been the topic of several research reports. Cowen reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday. Roth Capital raised shares of Vertiv to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Citigroup cut their price objective on Vertiv from $153.00 to $98.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Vertiv from $100.00 to $90.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Finally, Melius cut Vertiv from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $125.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $120.38.

Vertiv Company Profile

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.