Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.15, RTT News reports. Vertiv had a return on equity of 55.33% and a net margin of 7.72%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.56 earnings per share. Vertiv updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.570-0.630 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-3.600 EPS.

Vertiv Trading Down 8.1 %

Shares of NYSE:VRT traded down $9.94 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $113.31. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,331,226 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,840,296. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 75.19, a PEG ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.64. Vertiv has a fifty-two week low of $55.00 and a fifty-two week high of $155.84. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $124.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $108.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.38.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 3rd. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 6.67%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 86,619 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $131.07, for a total transaction of $11,353,152.33. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,551 shares in the company, valued at $2,562,549.57. This trade represents a 81.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jan Van Dokkum sold 38,647 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.39, for a total transaction of $5,271,064.33. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 25,000 shares in the company, valued at $3,409,750. This represents a 60.72 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 171,527 shares of company stock worth $23,105,682. Corporate insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Melius lowered shares of Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $121.00 to $131.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on shares of Vertiv in a report on Monday, January 6th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Mizuho increased their target price on Vertiv from $125.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, UBS Group initiated coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $155.00 price target for the company. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $139.36.

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.