ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. Boosts Stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its position in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 78.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 25,190 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,068 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $3,234,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Platinum Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new position in Vertiv in the 2nd quarter worth $1,225,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 79.2% in the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 786,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $100,950,000 after purchasing an additional 347,548 shares during the last quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 172.7% in the second quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd now owns 3,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $385,000 after purchasing an additional 1,900 shares during the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new position in Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $58,000. Finally, Trilogy Capital Inc. purchased a new position in Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,790,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Vertiv in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Glj Research started coverage on Vertiv in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. They set a “sell” rating and a $112.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Research upgraded Vertiv to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 11th. William Blair assumed coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, July 28th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Vertiv from $127.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $144.95.

Vertiv Stock Down 0.7%

Vertiv stock opened at $160.45 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.27 billion, a PE ratio of 76.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12 month low of $53.60 and a 12 month high of $168.99. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $137.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $113.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 51.64% and a net margin of 8.93%.The business’s revenue was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is currently 7.18%.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total transaction of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,095,957.26. The trade was a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the sale, the director owned 4,631 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $573,873.52. The trade was a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 180,952 shares of company stock valued at $23,360,571 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

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.