Level Four Advisory Services LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT – Free Report) by 35.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,519 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,413 shares during the quarter. Level Four Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vertiv were worth $286,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Vertiv during the fourth quarter valued at about $4,219,000. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vertiv by 7.9% in the 4th quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 185,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,076,000 after acquiring an additional 13,559 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its holdings in Vertiv by 67.0% in the 4th quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 9,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,043,000 after purchasing an additional 3,682 shares during the last quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd boosted its position in Vertiv by 112.5% during the third quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 8,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $846,000 after purchasing an additional 4,500 shares during the period. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in Vertiv by 3,417.9% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 964,104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $110,544,000 after purchasing an additional 936,698 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.92% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
VRT has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Melius lowered shares of Vertiv from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Melius Research reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Vertiv in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Citigroup increased their target price on Vertiv from $141.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Fox Advisors initiated coverage on Vertiv in a research report on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “equal weight” rating on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Vertiv in a report on Monday, January 6th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vertiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $135.33.
Vertiv Stock Performance
NYSE VRT opened at $75.29 on Wednesday. Vertiv Holdings Co has a twelve month low of $62.40 and a twelve month high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $28.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.82, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.71. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $100.11 and its 200 day simple moving average is $111.51.
Vertiv (NYSE:VRT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a return on equity of 61.41% and a net margin of 6.19%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.56 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Vertiv Holdings Co will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Vertiv Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th were issued a $0.0375 dividend. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.20%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. Vertiv’s payout ratio is 11.72%.
About Vertiv
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.
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