Bogart Wealth LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Bogart Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 22.9% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 1,472 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 274 shares during the quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $189,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VRT. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vertiv by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,723,034,000 after buying an additional 1,359,070 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its position in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,490,000 after buying an additional 3,420,144 shares in the last quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC grew its position in Vertiv by 19.6% in the first quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 3,496,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,416,000 after acquiring an additional 572,545 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in Vertiv by 100.1% in the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,246,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $415,132,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,456 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Vertiv by 6.9% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,839,864 shares of the company’s stock worth $205,085,000 after acquiring an additional 182,937 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Vertiv

In related news, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.22, for a total value of $12,822,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 133,333 shares in the company, valued at $17,095,957.26. The trade was a 42.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total transaction of $1,943,065.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 over the last 90 days. 5.01% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on VRT shares. Mizuho lifted their target price on Vertiv from $165.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. William Blair began coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Monday, July 28th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Vertiv from $128.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Rothschild Redb upgraded shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $161.30.

Vertiv Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of VRT opened at $175.90 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $67.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 84.16, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.84. 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 Holdings Co. has a 1-year low of $53.60 and a 1-year high of $184.44. The company has a 50-day moving average of $143.94 and a 200 day moving average of $121.34.

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

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given 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 yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is 7.18%.

Vertiv 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.