Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Stock Price Down 2.1% – Here’s What Happened

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT)’s share price fell 2.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $306.00 and last traded at $324.5070. 6,055,543 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 12% from the average session volume of 6,908,622 shares. The stock had previously closed at $331.44.

Trending Headlines about Vertiv

Here are the key news stories impacting Vertiv this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Vertiv launched PurgeRite NearZero, a new fluid management service aimed at reducing water use, wastewater, and hauling costs in AI-ready data centers. The product strengthens Vertiv’s position in liquid cooling and mission-critical infrastructure, areas seeing rising demand as AI deployments expand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage highlighted Vertiv as a beneficiary of ongoing digitization, stronger IT spending, and hybrid-work infrastructure needs, reinforcing the company’s growth outlook within a challenged IT services sector. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Another update pointed to Vertiv’s strong performance over the past year, driven by AI-related data center demand, acquisitions, and its ties to NVIDIA, suggesting investors continue to view the company as a major AI infrastructure winner. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Vertiv declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share. The payout is small, with a very low yield, so this is unlikely to be a major short-term stock driver. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary also noted that VRT has rallied sharply over the last several months and trades at a premium valuation. That may create some caution among investors even as the growth story remains intact. Article Title

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on VRT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Vertiv from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Zacks Research raised Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings lowered Vertiv from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Bank of America upped their target price on Vertiv from $370.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their target price on Vertiv from $330.00 to $353.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.32.

Vertiv Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.49, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $310.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $238.36. The company has a market capitalization of $124.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 2.03.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $2.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.63 billion. Vertiv had a return on equity of 49.90% and a net margin of 14.37%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS. Vertiv has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.370-1.430 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.300-6.400 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 6.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6.28%.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, Director Edward L. Monser sold 77,294 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $245.49, for a total transaction of $18,974,904.06. Following the transaction, the director owned 16,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,050,585. This represents a 82.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Vertiv

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. CreativeOne Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Vertiv by 187.8% in the 3rd quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 10,646 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,606,000 after buying an additional 6,947 shares during the last quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd grew its holdings in Vertiv by 272.7% in the 3rd quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd now owns 8,825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,321,000 after buying an additional 6,457 shares during the last quarter. WD Rutherford LLC grew its holdings in Vertiv by 80.7% in the 4th quarter. WD Rutherford LLC now owns 15,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,443,000 after buying an additional 6,734 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $808,701,000. Finally, Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. grew its holdings in Vertiv by 26.1% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. now owns 22,476 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,641,000 after buying an additional 4,645 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

About Vertiv

Vertiv is a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions for data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the company designs, manufactures and services equipment and software that support power availability, thermal management and IT infrastructure management for a broad set of end markets, including hyperscale and enterprise data centers, colocation providers, telecom operators and industrial customers.

The company’s product portfolio includes uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power distribution units (PDUs), battery and DC power systems, precision cooling and thermal management equipment, racks and enclosures, and integrated modular infrastructure.