What is Roth Capital’s Estimate for Vertiv FY2025 Earnings?

Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for Vertiv in a report issued on Thursday, July 31st. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now expects that the company will earn $3.84 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.62. Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating and a $157.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vertiv’s current full-year earnings is $3.59 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Vertiv’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.91 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.71 EPS.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.12. Vertiv had a net margin of 8.93% and a return on equity of 51.64%. The company had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Melius upgraded Vertiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Citigroup raised their target price on Vertiv from $130.00 to $149.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Mizuho upped their price target on Vertiv from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. William Blair assumed coverage on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Monday, July 28th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Vertiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $144.06.

Vertiv Price Performance

Vertiv stock opened at $141.66 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $122.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $104.87. The stock has a market cap of $53.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.77. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 17th were paid a $0.0375 dividend. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 14.0%. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.18%.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, EVP Stephen Liang sold 43,683 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.83, for a total transaction of $5,059,801.89. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 9,551 shares in the company, valued at $1,106,292.33. This represents a 82.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Karsten Winther sold 5,500 shares of Vertiv stock in a transaction on Friday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.33, for a total transaction of $518,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 18,847 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,777,837.51. This trade represents a 22.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VRT. Howard Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Vertiv in the second quarter valued at about $229,000. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 18.0% during the 2nd quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 78,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,080,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares in the last quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $302,000. United Capital Management of KS Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $514,000. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its stake in shares of Vertiv by 5.3% in the second quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 54,901 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,050,000 after buying an additional 2,774 shares in the last quarter. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.