Riposte Capital LLC Has $8.99 Million Stock Position in Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Riposte Capital LLC cut its stake in Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 58.8% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 70,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 100,000 shares during the quarter. Vertiv makes up about 1.4% of Riposte Capital LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Riposte Capital LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $8,989,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VRT. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vertiv by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,006,755 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,880,447,000 after buying an additional 291,596 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 5.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,269,839 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,061,930,000 after acquiring an additional 442,937 shares during the period. Amundi grew its stake in Vertiv by 96.8% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,490,000 after acquiring an additional 3,420,144 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vertiv by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,686,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $856,082,000 after acquiring an additional 219,970 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Vertiv by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,931,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $761,662,000 after acquiring an additional 1,024,634 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on VRT. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $198.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $216.00 price objective on Vertiv and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. KGI Securities upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $195.00 price target (up previously from $162.00) on shares of Vertiv in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Vertiv from $182.00 to $204.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $180.48.

Vertiv Stock Down 3.8%

Shares of VRT opened at $178.59 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $68.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 2.03. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1 year low of $53.60 and a 1 year high of $202.45. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $176.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $145.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.43.

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

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 25th will be paid a $0.0625 dividend. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 25th. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is presently 9.43%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 5,501 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $170.48, for a total value of $937,810.48. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 4,050 shares in the company, valued at approximately $690,444. This trade represents a 57.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

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.