Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Purchased by KCM Investment Advisors LLC

KCM Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 6.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 85,132 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,251 shares during the period. KCM Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $10,932,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VRT. GW&K Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Vertiv during the first quarter worth $26,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv during the first quarter worth $27,000. Avion Wealth raised its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 99.1% during the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 213 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Sachetta LLC lifted its position in shares of Vertiv by 242.0% in the 1st quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A acquired a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, insider Karsten Winther sold 41,654 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.21, for a total value of $5,590,383.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 18,848 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,529,590.08. This represents a 68.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the 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. This trade represents a 63.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 180,952 shares of company stock worth $23,360,571. 2.63% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on VRT shares. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $216.00 target price on Vertiv and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Vertiv from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Cfra Research raised Vertiv to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, William Blair started coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, July 28th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Vertiv has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $177.81.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of VRT stock opened at $179.63 on Friday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $202.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.87. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $159.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $132.35.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.25. Vertiv had a return on equity of 50.82% and a net margin of 10.67%.The firm had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.76 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.0% on a year-over-year basis. Vertiv has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.230-1.290 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.070-4.130 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.0375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is presently 5.66%.

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.