Vertiv (VRT) Expected to Announce Earnings on Wednesday

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) is expected to be releasing its Q2 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, July 23rd. Analysts expect Vertiv to post earnings of $0.82 per share and revenue of $2.36 billion for the quarter. Vertiv has set its Q2 2025 guidance at 0.770-0.850 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 3.450-3.650 EPS.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $2.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 56.01% and a net margin of 7.92%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. On average, analysts expect Vertiv to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Vertiv Stock Up 2.2%

Shares of NYSE VRT opened at $127.49 on Wednesday. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The firm has a market cap of $48.59 billion, a PE ratio of 74.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.75. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $114.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.78.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 17th were given a $0.0375 dividend. This represents a yield of 0.14%. This is a positive change from Vertiv’s previous dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is presently 8.72%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on VRT shares. KGI Securities initiated coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Barclays boosted their price objective on Vertiv from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Melius upgraded shares of Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Roth Capital upgraded Vertiv to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $135.35.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Vertiv 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 transaction of $5,059,801.89. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 9,551 shares in the company, valued at $1,106,292.33. This represents a 82.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 5,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the insider owned 18,847 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,777,837.51. The trade was a 22.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 5.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vertiv

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Vertiv stock. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 25.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,557 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,377 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $834,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

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.