Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Vertiv (VRT)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Vertiv (NYSE: VRT):

• 4/8/2025 – Vertiv had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $132.00 to $100.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/8/2025 – Vertiv is now covered by analysts at Roth Mkm. They set a “buy” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/4/2025 – Vertiv had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $100.00 to $90.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 3/26/2025 – Vertiv had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $111.00 to $100.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 3/7/2025 – Vertiv is now covered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada. They set an “outperform” rating and a $121.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/6/2025 – Vertiv was upgraded by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from an “outperform” rating to a “moderate buy” rating.
• 3/3/2025 – Vertiv had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $131.00 to $111.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Vertiv had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $142.00 to $131.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Vertiv Price Performance

NYSE:VRT traded down $2.74 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $61.08. 11,381,510 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,102,410. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $94.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $110.90. Vertiv Holdings Co has a 1 year low of $53.60 and a 1 year high of $155.84. The company has a market cap of $23.26 billion, a PE ratio of 47.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.71. 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 posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a net margin of 6.19% and a return on equity of 61.41%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.56 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is presently 11.72%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vertiv

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA bought a new position in Vertiv during the fourth quarter worth about $597,379,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $391,777,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in Vertiv by 68.6% in the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 7,754,347 shares of the company’s stock valued at $880,971,000 after buying an additional 3,153,932 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 136.9% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,336,862 shares of the company’s stock worth $379,101,000 after acquiring an additional 1,928,275 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vertiv by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,356,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,130,415,000 after acquiring an additional 1,244,780 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

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.