Roth Capital Has Bullish Estimate for Vertiv FY2025 Earnings

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Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Roth Capital increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Vertiv in a report released on Thursday, July 31st. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now anticipates that the company will earn $3.84 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.62. Roth Capital currently has a "Buy" rating and a $157.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vertiv's current full-year earnings is $3.59 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Vertiv's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.91 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.71 EPS.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. Vertiv had a return on equity of 56.24% and a net margin of 8.93%. The firm had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.67 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

• Vertiv Crushes Q1 Estimates, Can the Stock Maintain Momentum?

VRT has been the topic of several other reports. Melius raised shares of Vertiv from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. William Blair initiated coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Monday. They set an "outperform" rating on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Vertiv from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 21st. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $144.06.

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Vertiv Trading Up 1.2%

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NYSE:VRT opened at $145.88 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $121.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $104.78. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84. The firm has a market cap of $55.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 69.80, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vertiv

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vertiv by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 29,292 shares of the company's stock worth $3,761,000 after buying an additional 3,692 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 12.8% during the 2nd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 51,131 shares of the company's stock worth $6,566,000 after acquiring an additional 5,792 shares during the period. Atlatl Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth about $434,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the second quarter worth approximately $37,000. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the second quarter valued at approximately $990,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 17th were given a $0.0375 dividend. This is a boost from Vertiv's previous dividend of $0.01. This represents a dividend yield of 14.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. Vertiv's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.18%.

About Vertiv

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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