Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Share Price Breaks Above 50 Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) shares passed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $243.27 and traded as high as $254.73. Vertiv shares last traded at $246.1110, with a volume of 9,619,964 shares.

More Vertiv News

Here are the key news stories impacting Vertiv this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Earnings and outlook beat expectations: Vertiv reported adjusted EPS of $2.21 versus the $1.82 consensus and revenue of $4.31 billion versus expectations of $3.75 billion. Revenue rose 61.2% year over year, while earnings increased 78%. Management also upgraded its 2026 outlook. Vertiv Q3 Earnings Beat on Robust Sales Growth and Strong AI Demand
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand is accelerating: Orders more than doubled from a year earlier, supported by demand for Vertiv’s power and cooling systems used in data centers. Deferred revenue reached $4.12 billion, suggesting robust future demand and persistent data-center capacity constraints. Plugging In: Vertiv Cashes In on AI Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support improved: Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target from $323 to $351 and maintained a “moderate buy” rating. The broader analyst consensus also points to additional upside, while technical commentary suggests the earnings rally may have helped end a prolonged correction. Royal Bank of Canada recommendations
• Neutral Sentiment: Recovery follows a sharp selloff: Vertiv had fallen roughly 34%–36% from its spring peak amid concerns about an earlier revenue miss and product-quality issues. The latest earnings beat has driven a sharp rebound, but the stock’s beta above 2 indicates continued sensitivity to market sentiment.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and profit-taking risks remain: Even after the correction, Vertiv trades at a relatively high earnings multiple, leaving limited room for execution disappointments. The large post-earnings move may also encourage short-term profit-taking and contribute to session-to-session volatility.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRT has been the subject of a number of research reports. HSBC decreased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $376.00 to $365.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Vertiv from $368.00 to $376.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on Vertiv from $320.00 to $245.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Vertiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vertiv presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $337.81.

Vertiv Stock Down 5.6%

The firm’s fifty day moving average is $242.63 and its two-hundred day moving average is $268.96. The firm has a market cap of $89.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 2.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.03.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.39. Vertiv had a net margin of 15.99% and a return on equity of 53.31%. The firm had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.75 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.24 EPS. Vertiv’s quarterly revenue was up 61.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 7.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 24th. Investors of record on Monday, September 14th were paid a dividend of $0.0625 per share. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 14th. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Edward Monser sold 15,287 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.82, for a total transaction of $3,880,146.34. Following the sale, the director owned 16,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,188,030. The trade was a 48.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vertiv

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the third quarter worth $515,000. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vertiv by 73.6% during the third quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 35,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,476,000 after purchasing an additional 14,894 shares in the last quarter. Smallwood Wealth Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vertiv in the 3rd quarter valued at $229,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vertiv by 39.7% in the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 183 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the period. Finally, Rakuten Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 10.0% in the 3rd quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. now owns 67,795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,836,000 after buying an additional 6,158 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.92% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Company Profile

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT) designs, manufactures and services critical digital infrastructure that supports data centers, communication networks and other facilities requiring reliable power and environmental control. Its solutions are used by cloud and colocation providers, telecommunications companies, enterprises, industrial organizations and edge-computing operators.

The company’s offerings include uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution and management systems, thermal-management and cooling equipment, integrated racks and enclosures, modular infrastructure, and monitoring and control software.