Advyzon Investment Management LLC Sells 450 Shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Advyzon Investment Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) by 15.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,481 shares of the company’s stock after selling 450 shares during the quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $319,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VRT. Amundi increased its position in shares of Vertiv by 96.8% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,951,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,490,000 after purchasing an additional 3,420,144 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in Vertiv by 985.3% during the first quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,301,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $166,183,000 after buying an additional 2,089,612 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in Vertiv by 100.1% during the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,246,769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $415,132,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,456 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 3.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,715,159 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,723,034,000 after acquiring an additional 1,359,070 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vertiv in the first quarter valued at $77,820,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vertiv Stock Down 3.2%

Vertiv stock opened at $173.28 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market cap of $66.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.87. The business has a fifty day moving average of $162.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.81. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $53.60 and a twelve month high of $202.45.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.25. Vertiv had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 50.82%. The business had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.59 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.76 EPS. The company’s 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. 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 Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is 5.66%.

Insider Activity at Vertiv

In other news, Director Jakki L. Haussler sold 15,680 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.92, for a total value of $1,943,065.60. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $573,873.52. This represents a 77.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Paul Ryan sold 22,218 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.34, for a total value of $2,829,240.12. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 12,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,630,334.02. This represents a 63.44% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 139,298 shares of company stock valued at $17,770,188 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 2.63% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on VRT. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Redburn Atlantic upgraded Vertiv to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Vertiv from $150.00 to $206.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $182.00 price target on Vertiv in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $216.00 price objective on Vertiv and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $177.81.

Vertiv Company Profile

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.