Capstone Capital Management Ltd Buys Shares of 1,605 Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT

Capstone Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 1,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $260,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Park Place Capital Corp boosted its stake in Vertiv by 624.0% in the 4th quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 181 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 156 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Vertiv in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in Vertiv during the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vertiv during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. purchased a new position in Vertiv in the third quarter valued at $36,000. 89.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Vertiv from $345.00 to $412.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Wall Street Zen cut Vertiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, May 10th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Vertiv from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $281.00 target price on shares of Vertiv in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $370.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Twenty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $314.45.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Roger Fradin sold 101,666 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.13, for a total transaction of $25,633,048.58. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Anders Karlborg sold 30,487 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.92, for a total transaction of $7,527,850.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 34,746 shares in the company, valued at $8,579,482.32. The trade was a 46.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 489,761 shares of company stock worth $123,356,815 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Trading Down 8.3%

Shares of Vertiv stock opened at $340.31 on Tuesday. Vertiv Holdings Co. has a 1 year low of $101.00 and a 1 year high of $379.93. The company’s fifty day moving average is $295.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.49. The company has a market capitalization of $130.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 85.50, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.09.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $1.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.17. Vertiv had a return on equity of 49.90% and a net margin of 14.37%.The company had revenue of $2.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.63 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.64 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Vertiv has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.370-1.430 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.300-6.400 EPS. Analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co. will post 6.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Vertiv Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were given a $0.0625 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vertiv’s payout ratio is currently 6.28%.

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.