Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.500-3.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.570. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.1 billion-$9.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.3 billion. Vertiv also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.570-0.630 EPS.

Vertiv Stock Performance

NYSE:VRT traded down $11.39 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $111.87. 7,552,907 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,760,169. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.64. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $124.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $108.09. Vertiv has a fifty-two week low of $55.00 and a fifty-two week high of $155.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a net margin of 7.72% and a return on equity of 55.33%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.56 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Vertiv will post 2.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRT has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Melius Research reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 target price on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Vertiv from $124.00 to $132.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. UBS Group began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $155.00 price target on the stock. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Vertiv from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Barclays started coverage on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $142.00 price target on the stock. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $139.36.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,347 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.38, for a total value of $2,108,370.86. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 3,425 shares in the company, valued at approximately $470,526.50. This trade represents a 81.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 86,619 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.07, for a total transaction of $11,353,152.33. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 19,551 shares in the company, valued at $2,562,549.57. This represents a 81.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 171,527 shares of company stock worth $23,105,682. 5.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.