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Vertiv Holdings Co

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 30% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (394/wk), no spike
$VRT·$93B·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$258.72+0.6%YTD+59.3%1Y+108.6%
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2026-08-22: 21 posts394+5%
Price updated 14h ago·X counts updated 10d ago
VRVRT
$VRTVertiv Holdings Co
$258.72+0.64%394 posts+5%
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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 numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-01

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

AI-data-center power leader growing 30%+ but the tape wobbled on the WSJ $3T off-balance-sheet AI-commitments report.

Vertiv Holdings is the leader in AI-data-center power and cooling infrastructure, one of the specific picks-and-shovels names alongside Eaton and GE Vernova. The tape has been strong but wobbled recently on a WSJ report on off-balance-sheet AI commitments.

Why the coil is loaded despite the recent pullback:

  • Growth is textbook AI-cycle — last quarter revenue grew 30% YoY to $2.65B at a 38% gross margin and 19% operating margin, and consensus is $13.9B with $6.49 EPS; the 2027 EPS number the crowd tracks (~$9.10) implies continued 30%+ growth.
  • The multiple has cooled — 74x trailing sounds high, but 28x next-year consensus for a business growing at ~30% is defensible if the hyperscaler capex thesis holds; Street targets near $338 reflect that math.
  • Structural tape is compressed — 54% of the 52-week range, essentially at the 200-day, volume only 72% of average.
  • The WSJ overhang is specific — a report on $3T in off-balance-sheet AI commitments tanked VRT and GE Vernova together, raising the question of whether AI capex is durable or partly financed by structures that unwind faster than orders imply.
  • Insider tape is empty in the window.

The coil resolves higher if the Oct 28 print backs FY27 EPS near $9 and management disaggregates hyperscaler-vs-enterprise-vs-neocloud order sources; the wrong way if a hyperscaler names an order cut, since $252 lines up to the $209-217 downside zone.

Agrees with X sentimentX captures both halves — the growth, Street targets, and Tom Lee GRNY position are real bullish inputs, and the 58x trailing valuation plus the $252 breakdown / $209-217 downside math is a fair technical bear case; partial agree with real tension.

What to watch: Oct 28 earnings — FY27 EPS trajectory near $9, and hyperscaler-vs-enterprise order disaggregation; a $252 close-below plus a soft guide opens the $209-217 downside case.

On the calendar: 2026-10-28 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment21 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Vertiv sits at the heart of the AI-infrastructure debate. Bulls flag Tom Lee's GRNY fund holding it at 2.46%, 32% revenue growth against 32x earnings, 2027 EPS estimates of ~$9.10 and a Street target near $338, plus a 'locked in granite' AI capex tailwind. Skeptics call it expensive at 58x trailing and 28x next-year, with an unfilled gap and 0.50 Fib at $209-217 as the downside if $252 breaks. A few posters short here after covering earlier at lower prices.

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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

Grid modernization — driven by electrification, EV charging infrastructure, and AI data center power demand — is the central capex cycle pulling electrical equipment volumes. Backlog visibility is strong; execution risk is the near-term constraint, not demand.

What this means for $VRT

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Makes power distribution, thermal management, and monitoring systems for data centers, growing with AI infrastructure bu.

Industry benchmark

36-name peer basket
+22.0%YTD
+59.1%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
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$1.52$1.43+6.3%
Q1 2026Apr 22, 2026$1.52$1.42+7.0%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$1.36$1.29+5.4%
Q3 2025Oct 22, 2025$1.24$0.98+26.0%
Next earningsWed, Oct 28·consensus EPS $1.81

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$17.1B – $18.5B$8.82$7.96 – $9.4920
FY28$21.7B$20.0B – $25.2B$11.31$10.08 – $12.5119
FY29$25.1B$23.7B – $28.1B$13.36$12.41 – $15.4810
FY30$28.1B$26.6B – $31.6B$15.89$14.76 – $18.4116

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.0.7×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.54%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.-10.1%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.+2.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 378.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.1% 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.β2.085-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

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 298-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

VRT (VRT) filed an 8-K under Item 2.02 on 2026-07-29 announcing earnings results for the 2026. The filing furnishes a press release with the company's financial results and operational highlights. No detailed headline figures are available in the excerpt — the full earnings press release is attached as an exhibit. This is a routine earnings disclosure; materiality depends on whether results beat or missed consensus expectations.

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.

+ 13 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 routine 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

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

Buy 3 Computers IT Services Stocks to Enhance Your Portfolio Returnszacks.com·1d agoGE Vernova Slides 3%, Vertiv Holdings and Eaton Sit Out the Selloff: Is the Rivian CFO Handoff Still Driving the Drawdown?247wallst.com·1d agoBreakfast News: Sorting AI's $7 Trillion Build-Outfool.com·1d agoA Wall Street Journal Report on $3 Trillion in Off-Balance-Sheet AI Commitments Recently Tanked Vertiv and GE Vernova. Here's What Actually Changed.fool.com·4d agoDown 12%, Is Vertiv an Excellent AI Stock to Buy?fool.com·4d ago

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