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Vertiv Holdings Co

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 30% YoY at strong marginsCatalyst pendingConsistent chatter on X (1.6K/wk), no spike
$VRT·$122B·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$289.56-1.5%YTD+73.5%1Y+134.5%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-09: 308 posts2026-07-10: 293 posts2026-07-11: 152 posts2026-07-12: 161 posts2026-07-13: 206 posts2026-07-14: 230 posts2026-07-15: 230 posts1,601+3%
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VRVRT
$VRTVertiv Holdings Co
$289.56-1.55%1.6k posts+3%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $VRT, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Data-center power and cooling is where AI capex converts to hardware revenue — July 29 has to confirm the ramp.

Vertiv makes the specific physical infrastructure — thermal management, uninterruptible power, and rack systems — that every AI data center needs to run compute at scale. The stock is the direct hardware-side beneficiary of the same capex cycle powering NVIDIA and AMD.

Why the setup reads clean:

  • Fundamentals justify the re-rate: 19% operating margin and 20% return on invested capital on a hardware business is best-in-class economics, and 74x TTM P/E compresses fast if the revenue-doubling to $21.6B by 2028 comes through.
  • The demand pipeline is confirmed: the community-modelled path from $10.8B LTM to $21.6B by 2028 with EPS from $4.07 to $11.31 tracks the specific hyperscaler capex commitments — this is order-book math, not extrapolation.
  • The tape is cooling into earnings: sitting 9% below the 50-day but 24% above the 200-day, at 67% of the 52-week range, with volume 20% below average — a healthy pullback setting up for the July 29 catalyst.
  • The partner-signal is specific: the TGEN-VRT partnership progress is fueling acquisition speculation, meaning any bolt-on M&A commentary is a specific upside optionality that's not in the base case.

July 29 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming the pipeline conversion plus any FY guide raise extends the leg; a soft order-intake print with muted capacity commentary is exactly the setup for a deeper give-back after the twelve-month move.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the revenue-doubling model and the TGEN partnership progression, and the fundamentals genuinely support it — 19% operating margin on a hardware business at 20% ROIC is elite. The one honest limitation is that all of the projected ramp is future-quarter math; the print has to actually deliver order-intake confirmation, not just narrative validation.

What to watch: The July 29 print — order-intake trajectory, thermal-management segment margin, and any FY guide raise. Above-consensus orders plus a guide raise extend the leg; a soft print with muted guide is the specific setup for a deeper pullback.

On the calendar: 2026-07-29 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment12 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

Vertiv chatter is bullish. Revenue is expected to nearly double from $10.8B LTM to $21.6B by 2028 with EPS climbing from $4.07 to $11.31 - VRT is 'not just riding the AI wave but monetizing it.' Traders roll CC positions higher for +$486 net credit. Community frames VRT alongside GEV as run-up power names, with TGEN and FPS as the hidden plays. TGEN-VRT partnership success signals imminent 8-digit data-center purchase orders and possible acquisition speculation. Community broadly long.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes power distribution, thermal management, and monitoring systems for data centers, growing with AI infrastructure buildout.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electrical Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $VRT.

Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials

No material change from last week — VRT and NVT confirmed at fresh highs that hyperscaler rack power acceleration is a multi-year capex cycle for electrical infrastructure.

What this means for $VRT

Neutral — Makes power distribution, thermal management, and monitoring systems for data centers, growing with AI infrastructure buildout; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the hyperscaler rack power acceleration and grid electrification capex.

Industry benchmark

32-name peer basket
+11.4%YTD
+72.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
73.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
20.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
18.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
10.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
42.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
36.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 22, 2026$1.17$1.00+17.0%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$1.36$1.29+5.4%
Q3 2025Oct 22, 2025$1.24$0.98+26.0%
Q2 2025Jul 30, 2025$0.95$0.83+14.2%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $1.43

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.6B+30.1%37.7%16.6%$1.02$654.2M
Q4 FY25$2.9B+22.7%36.9%20.9%$1.17$911.6M
Q3 FY25$2.7B+29.0%37.8%19.3%$1.04$466.7M
Q2 FY25$2.6B+35.1%32.2%17.2%$0.85$277.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 20 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$13.9B$13.7B – $14.1B$6.49$6.46 – $6.5720
FY27$17.8B$17.0B – $18.4B$8.80$7.95 – $9.4720
FY28$21.6B$21.6B – $21.7B$11.30$10.07 – $12.5919
FY29$24.9B$23.8B – $27.2B$13.20$12.45 – $14.7810
FY30$28.1B$26.9B – $30.7B$15.89$14.98 – $17.7816

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.67%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+23.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 377.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.035-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMar 6Edward L MonserDirector1.7K sh$407K
+ 47 other (42 awards · 4 inkinds · 1 exempt) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 183
AI summary

Krishna Mikkilineni joined Vertiv Holdings Co's board of directors effective June 17, 2026, and directly owns 278.2 shares of Class A common stock. Routine initial Section 16 director disclosure for this data center power and thermal management equipment manufacturer.

8-KShareholder voteJun 188-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Vertiv Holdings Co held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 17, 2026, in virtual-only format with 86.05% of shares constituting a quorum represented; three proposals were voted upon, including the election of eleven directors. Routine annual meeting at this high-growth data center infrastructure company; all eleven directors were elected under a majority-vote framework.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Vertiv Holdings disclosed the closing of its acquisition of ThermoKey S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of thermal management and liquid cooling systems, by a wholly-owned Vertiv subsidiary on June 12, 2026. The announcement was furnished as Exhibit 99.1 under Regulation FD and is not filed for Exchange Act Section 18 purposes. The deal closes an earlier-announced transaction that expands Vertiv's cooling and thermal management product portfolio in the European market.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 53
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VRT on 2026-05-05, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 278-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

VRT filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-04-27. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 228-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

VRT reported period ending 2026-04-22 financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

VRT filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-04-13. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 248-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

VRT filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-03-24. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

+ 17 other (3 13Gs · 2 routine 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 2 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Billionaire Leon Cooperman's Top 3 Stocks: Buy, Sell or Hold247wallst.com·1d ago3 Stocks Riding the AI Data Center Power Buildout in July247wallst.com·2d agoHere Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, BlackRock, Etsy, Flex, Lululemon Athletica, Meta Platforms, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and More247wallst.com·2d agoVertiv Announces Date of Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Callprnewswire.com·3d agoAI Capex Crosses $1 Trillion Next Year. Here Are 2 Industrial Stocks That Will Benefitfool.com·3d ago

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