Almanack Investment Partners LLC. Has $378,000 Stock Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Almanack Investment Partners LLC. cut its stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,943 shares of the company’s stock after selling 344 shares during the period. Almanack Investment Partners LLC.’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $378,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. raised its holdings in Vertiv by 780.0% in the 2nd quarter. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. now owns 264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Garde Capital Inc. raised its holdings in Vertiv by 1,886.7% in the 2nd quarter. Garde Capital Inc. now owns 298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new position in Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. raised its holdings in Vertiv by 4,120.0% in the 1st quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total transaction of $5,590,383.34. Following the sale, the insider owned 18,848 shares in the company, valued at $2,529,590.08. The trade was a 68.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 in the company, valued at $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. 5.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on VRT. Barclays lifted their price objective on Vertiv from $128.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Weiss Ratings cut Vertiv from a “buy (b)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Melius Research raised Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $134.00 to $165.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Wall Street Zen raised Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, June 21st. Finally, Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $155.00 price target on shares of Vertiv in a report on Thursday, July 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $149.84.

Vertiv Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VRT stock opened at $169.09 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $64.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 80.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.84. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $183.11. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $139.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $116.89.

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

Vertiv Announces Dividend

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