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Vertiv Holdings Co

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 30% YoY at strong marginsCatalyst pendingConsistent chatter on X (678/wk), no spike
$VRT·$97B·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$243.73-1.1%YTD+46.8%1Y+45.6%
Price updated 4h ago·X counts updated 4d ago
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$VRTVertiv Holdings Co
$243.73-1.12%678 posts1.1×
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On X

The complete picture of $VRT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

678X posts · last 7 days
Sep 21Oct 4
Chatter Meter
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How loud $VRT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 82% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-15

Vertiv's Goldman Communacopia update raises 2025-2030 organic revenue CAGR to 20-22% (from 12-14%) and adjusted margin target to 27%+, with pipeline described as 'no sign of weakening'. Chartists eye a $298 breakout on a wave-5 setup with $395 as a longer-term target.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $VRT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

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

Datacenter cooling and power — the arms-dealer of the AI capex cycle, running right into its next test.

Vertiv provides the power, thermal management, and infrastructure that datacenters — especially AI datacenters — physically can't scale without. The Goldman Communacopia update put precise numbers on the growth story: 2025-2030 organic revenue CAGR raised to 20-22%, and the adjusted margin target lifted to 27%+.

  • The current P&L is already running near those targets: last quarter revenue was up 30% YoY to $2.65B at a 16.6% operating margin, and the trailing-two EPS prints beat Street estimates by 6% and 7% — small surprises relative to the stock's +47% YTD, which means the market has mostly caught up to the fundamentals.
  • The upside case is now about margin expansion more than growth: the raised 27%+ margin target is where additional multiple expansion has to come from, with the pipeline described by management as 'no sign of weakening.'

Oct 28 earnings is the moment that case gets tested. A margin print tracking toward the 27% target with reaffirmed CAGR guidance is what trips the $298 breakout bulls are watching; a flat margin or any pipeline softness commentary and the stock gives back the premium quickly.

Agrees with X sentimentThe Goldman-anchored bull read on CAGR and margin is well-supported, and the technical $298 breakout setup is on tape. No real crack visible in the data; the risk is just how much is already priced.

What to watch: Oct 28 Q3 earnings — operating margin trajectory (toward 27%), organic growth rate, and FY27 guide. Margin expansion plus reaffirmed CAGR is the trigger; a sequential-flat margin is the invalidation.

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

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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 — AI data-center buildout and power-grid modernization sustain elevated equipment demand.

What this means for $VRT

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

Industry benchmark

29-name peer basket
+29.8%YTD
+11.0%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 $1.82

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 21 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$14.0B$13.9B – $14.1B$6.72$6.48 – $6.8521
FY27$18.2B$17.7B – $18.9B$9.14$8.53 – $9.8521
FY28$22.1B$20.3B – $25.2B$11.56$10.39 – $12.7220
FY29$25.6B$24.4B – $27.8B$14.01$13.15 – $15.5910
FY30$30.6B$29.2B – $33.3B$17.35$16.29 – $19.3110

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.1.1×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.43%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.-4.8%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.-6.6%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 today1.4% 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.β2.055-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

SellSep 1Edward L MonserDirector15.3K sh$3.9M
+ 28 other (22 awards · 4 inkinds · 1 gift · 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 holdingsOct 53
8-KPress release / Reg FDSep 248-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) announced via Reg FD press release on September 24, 2026, that a wholly-owned subsidiary signed a definitive agreement to acquire King Environmental Services Ltd., with closing expected in Q4 2026. No financial terms are disclosed in the 8-K body. The absence of an Item 1.01 filing suggests the deal is not considered material enough to require separate definitive agreement disclosure. This is a strategic bolt-on acquisition for Vertiv's data center and industrial infrastructure business.

8-KMaterial agreementSep 28-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Vertiv Holdings Co announced a definitive agreement to acquire Utility Innovation Holdings, Inc. for approximately $1.45 billion in upfront cash at closing plus up to $1.15 billion in contingent cash consideration (EBITDA-based earnout in two tranches), for total potential consideration of up to $2.6 billion. The deal requires HSR antitrust clearance and is expected to close in Q4 2026. Vertiv plans to fund the acquisition from existing resources. This is a highly material, transformative acquisition for Vertiv, representing a major strategic expansion in infrastructure and utility innovation.

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.

+ 14 other (3 8-Ks · 2 routine 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 13Gs) in window

Recent news

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

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investorszacks.com·1d agoVertiv's Q3 Earnings Setup Unlocks Solid Upside (Preview)seekingalpha.com·3d agoThe Overlooked AI Stock Poised to Outperform Nvidia and Palantirfool.com·3d agoVertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Sold by Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.defenseworld.net·3d ago2,761 Vertiv Holdings Co. $VRT Shares Sold by Argent Capital Management LLCdefenseworld.net·4d ago

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