Tradewinds Capital Management LLC Has $44,000 Stock Holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Tradewinds Capital Management LLC grew its position in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 69.0% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 343 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $44,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. GW&K Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the first quarter worth $26,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Sachetta LLC increased its stake in Vertiv by 242.0% in the 1st quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. Banque Transatlantique SA bought a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 1st quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. grew its position in shares of 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 during the period. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRT has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Melius Research raised shares of Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $134.00 to $165.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $143.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Rothschild Redb raised shares of Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $135.00 to $173.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Vertiv has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $160.30.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $573,873.52. The trade was a 77.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total transaction of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 12,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,630,334.02. The trade was a 63.44% 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 quarter. 2.63% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of Vertiv stock opened at $174.11 on Friday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $184.44. 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 company has a 50-day simple moving average of $143.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $119.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $66.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 83.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.84.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 8.93% and a return on equity of 51.64%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.940-1.000 EPS. Analysts forecast 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. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is presently 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.