Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. Reduces Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,582 shares of the company’s stock after selling 460 shares during the quarter. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $845,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 3.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,723,034,000 after purchasing an additional 1,359,070 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in Vertiv by 96.8% in 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 holdings in Vertiv by 19.6% in the 1st quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 3,496,060 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,416,000 after buying an additional 572,545 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in Vertiv by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,839,864 shares of the company’s stock valued at $205,085,000 after buying an additional 182,937 shares in the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in Vertiv by 985.3% in the 1st quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,301,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $166,183,000 after buying an additional 2,089,612 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Vertiv news, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total value of $2,829,240.12. Following the sale, the insider owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,630,334.02. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Steven Reinemund sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were 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. This represents a 42.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571 over the last 90 days. 5.01% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have issued reports on VRT shares. Evercore ISI upped their target price on Vertiv from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. Weiss Ratings cut Vertiv from a “buy (b)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America increased their price target on Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. UBS Group increased their price target on Vertiv from $135.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $159.00 price target on Vertiv in a report on Monday, September 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $149.84.

Vertiv Price Performance

VRT opened at $169.09 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $139.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $116.89. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $183.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The firm has a market cap of $64.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 80.90, a PEG ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.84.

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

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given a $0.0375 dividend. 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.18%.

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.