Veracity Capital LLC Lowers Stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Veracity Capital LLC cut its stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 61.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,535 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,397 shares during the period. Veracity Capital LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $370,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Tactive Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Tactive Advisors LLC now owns 4,022 shares of the company’s stock worth $971,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp raised its stake in Vertiv by 1.9% in the third quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp now owns 5,412 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,306,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. City Center Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vertiv during the third quarter worth about $210,000. Venture Visionary Partners LLC grew its stake in Vertiv by 5.2% during the third quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 67,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,387,000 after buying an additional 3,340 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Vertiv by 99.4% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 5,292 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,277,000 after buying an additional 2,638 shares during the period. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on VRT shares. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Vertiv from $418.00 to $337.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $320.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 19th. KeyCorp cut their target price on Vertiv from $360.00 to $325.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Vertiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $348.24.

Vertiv Price Performance

Shares of Vertiv stock traded down $4.68 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $241.81. 3,478,206 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,362,424. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $260.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $290.46. The stock has a market cap of $93.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.65, a PEG ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 2.05. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 12 month low of $147.82 and a 12 month high of $379.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a current ratio of 1.38.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $3.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.38 billion. Vertiv had a net margin of 15.09% and a return on equity of 50.47%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.95 earnings per share. Vertiv has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.770-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.650-6.750 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 6.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 24th. Investors of record on Monday, September 14th were issued a dividend of $0.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 14th. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 5.66%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Vertiv news, Director Edward Monser sold 15,287 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.82, for a total value of $3,880,146.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 16,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,188,030. This represents a 48.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 1.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Vertiv Profile

Vertiv Holdings Co provides digital infrastructure and continuity solutions for data centers, communication networks, and other technology-intensive facilities. The company helps customers design, build, operate, and maintain infrastructure that supports the availability, performance, and efficiency of critical digital systems.

Its product portfolio includes power management and distribution equipment, uninterruptible power supplies, switchgear, busways, racks, integrated modular systems, and data center infrastructure.