Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.560. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.3 billion-$9.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.5 billion. Vertiv also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.770-0.850 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on VRT. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Roth Mkm began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. They set a “buy” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Friday, March 7th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $121.00 price target on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $100.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Finally, Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Five investment 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $124.69.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of VRT opened at $110.78 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $94.49 and its 200 day moving average price is $103.99. Vertiv has a 52 week low of $53.60 and a 52 week high of $155.84. The company has a market capitalization of $42.22 billion, a PE ratio of 86.55, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.73. 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 (NYSE:VRT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.43 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 24.2% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that Vertiv will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This is a boost from Vertiv’s previous dividend of $0.01. This represents a yield of 0.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 16th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is presently 8.72%.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total value of $5,059,801.89. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 9,551 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,106,292.33. This represents a 82.06% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 5,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.33, for a total transaction of $518,815.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 18,847 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,777,837.51. This trade represents a 22.59% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Vertiv

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Vertiv stock. Empowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) by 25.9% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,557 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,377 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $834,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.