Roble Belko & Company Inc Takes Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Roble Belko & Company Inc bought a new stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 903 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $116,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Vertiv by 3.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,723,034,000 after purchasing an additional 1,359,070 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its position in Vertiv by 96.8% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $469,490,000 after purchasing an additional 3,420,144 shares during the period. Fred Alger Management LLC lifted its position in Vertiv by 19.6% during the first quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 3,496,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,416,000 after purchasing an additional 572,545 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in Vertiv by 100.1% during the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,246,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $415,132,000 after purchasing an additional 1,624,456 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in Vertiv by 6.9% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,839,864 shares of the company’s stock worth $205,085,000 after purchasing an additional 182,937 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on VRT. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $182.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $190.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Barclays boosted their target price on Vertiv from $145.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Redburn Atlantic raised Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $177.81.

Vertiv Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSE VRT opened at $192.55 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The company has a market cap of $73.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.66, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12 month low of $53.60 and a 12 month high of $202.45. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $153.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $128.41.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.25. Vertiv had a return on equity of 50.82% and a net margin of 10.67%.The company had revenue of $2.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 29.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Vertiv has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.230-1.290 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.070-4.130 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is currently 5.66%.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In other news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total value of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,630,334.02. This represents a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 133,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,095,957.26. This represents a 42.86% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. 2.63% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Vertiv 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.