
A high-quality large-cap momentum story trading near fair value. Frameworks sharply disagree on it.
Mkt Cap
$139.15B
P/E
—
PEG
1.70
P/B
35.16
Dividend
0.07%
ROE
45.1%
About the business
Vertiv Holdings Co 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. The company offers AC and DC power management products, low/medium voltage switchgear, busbar, thermal management products, air cooled and liquid cooled thermal management products, integrated modular solutions, racks, single phase UPS, rack power distribution, rack thermal systems, configurable integrated solutions, energy storage solutions, hardware, and software infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including artificial intelligence, e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. It also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, fluid management, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and critical digital infrastructure software services. The company offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, Energy Labs, ERS, Albér, and Avocent brands. It serves through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. The company is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.
Who would buy VRT?
Consensus 25/100 · Polarized · Investors strongly disagree — this is where Prism is most useful.
Endorses
· 2 frameworksROE > 20% 45.1% clears "> 20.0%".
Within 15% of 52-wk high -2.6% clears "> -15.0%".
Rejects
· 3 frameworks7 insiders sold $124.3M on a discretionary basis. Discretionary selling carries more signal than planned disposals, but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons (taxes, diversification, life events) — do not over-read it. Over the 6M window, insiders are net sellers by 163,371 shares.
In Prism's context
Insider selling is worth flagging but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons. Read alongside the framework verdict (Fails criteria).
| Insider | Role | Type | Date | Shares | Avg price | Value | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERTAZZI GIORDANO | Chief Executive Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 11 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| GILL STEPHANIE L | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 5 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SANGHI ANAND | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 3 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SHEN WEI | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 0 | — | $0 | Direct |
| CHAMBERLIN CRAIG | Chief Financial Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 1 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| KARLBORG ANDERS | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 4 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| JOHNSON ERIC M. | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 0 | — | $0 | Direct |
| PONCHERI FRANK | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 3 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| ARMUL SCOTT | Chief Technology Officer | Award / grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 5 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| MONSER EDWARD L | Director | Open-market sell | Mar 6, 2026 | 77,294 | $245.49 | $18.97M | Direct |
| JOHNSON ERIC M. | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 6, 2026 | 620 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| MONSER EDWARD L | Director | Option exercise | Mar 6, 2026 | 77,294 | $16.31 | $1.26M | Direct |
| FRADIN ROGER B | Director | Open-market sell | Feb 27, 2026 | 203,333 | $252.78 | $51.40M | Indirect |
| KARLBORG ANDERS | Officer | Open-market sell | Feb 26, 2026 | 30,487 | $246.92 | $7.53M | Direct |
| REINEMUND STEVEN S | Director | Open-market sell | Feb 26, 2026 | 100,000 | $253.95 | $25.39M | — |
| COTE DAVID M | Officer and Director | Open-market sell | Feb 26, 2026 | 40,000 | $255.29 | $10.21M | Indirect |
| VAN DOKKUM JOSEPH | Director | Open-market sell | Feb 26, 2026 | 38,647 | $254.87 | $9.85M | Direct |
| VAN DOKKUM JOSEPH | Director | Option exercise | Feb 26, 2026 | 38,647 | $20.56 | $795K | Direct |
| KARLBORG ANDERS | Officer | Option exercise | Feb 26, 2026 | 30,487 | $25.96 | $792K | Direct |
| ALBERTAZZI GIORDANO | Chief Executive Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 47,567 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| GILL STEPHANIE L | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 11,839 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SANGHI ANAND | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 16,913 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| RYAN PAUL | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 6,554 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| KARLBORG ANDERS | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 13,065 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| PONCHERI FRANK | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 8,387 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| ARMUL SCOTT | Chief Technology Officer | Award / grant | Feb 12, 2026 | 4,744 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| ARMUL SCOTT | Officer | Award / grant | Jan 2, 2026 | 11,388 | $175.61 | $2.00M | Direct |
| FRADIN ROGER B | Director | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Dec 19, 2025 | 36,626 | $0.00 | $0 | — |
| GILL STEPHANIE L | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 8 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| GIRESI MICHAEL | Chief Technology Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 1 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SHEN WEI | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 1 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| CHAMBERLIN CRAIG | Chief Financial Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| WINTHER KARSTEN | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 1 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| RYAN PAUL | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| KARLBORG ANDERS | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| JOHNSON ERIC M. | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 0 | — | $0 | Direct |
| PONCHERI FRANK | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 1 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| ARMUL SCOTT | Officer | Award / grant | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| COTE DAVID M | Officer and Director | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Dec 5, 2025 | 200 | $0.00 | $0 | Indirect |
| LIANG STEPHEN H | Chief Technology Officer | Open-market sell | Nov 24, 2025 | 5,501 | $170.48 | $938K | Direct |
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Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: -163,371 sh
Price history
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What this means: Price near 52-week highs despite weak framework scores — market enthusiasm is running ahead of the fundamentals most legends look at.
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Sign in to run this simulationVRT: 47% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 2 of 6 signal families mixed (medium confidence). Strongest support: ROE 45%. Main risk to monitor: 224% above fair value.
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P/B 35.16× · FCF yield 1.4%
224% above fair value
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
Operating leverage kicks in or a new product line scales — margins inflect higher, growth steps up by 200–400 bps, and the multiple re-rates as the durability becomes obvious to a wider audience.
Business continues to compound at recent rates — 16% operating margin holds, 30% top-line growth persists, capital allocation stays disciplined. Multiple stays roughly where it is.
Sector: Industrials. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | VRT | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 15.5× | 13.0× | 16.0× |
| P/B | 35.16× | 2.00× | 1.70× | 2.40× |
| Dividend yield | 0.07% | 3.00% | 2.60% | 2.20% |
| ROE | 45.1% |
Reported EPS $1.17 vs $1.43 expected — a material miss. The bar of the next two prints will be lower, but the multiple that was bid up to today's level usually does not survive an unexplained shortfall this size. Trailing operating margin: 16.4%.
A material miss is incompatible with a quality-compounder narrative until proven otherwise. Two more prints needed before that label is restored.
Multiple compression typically follows. The risk is not the miss itself, it's that consensus needs to re-rate forward estimates lower.
Even cheap stocks get cheaper after this kind of print — wait for capitulation rather than catching the falling knife.
Next earnings
Wed, Jul 29 · consensus EPS $1.43 · last actual $1.17
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
1.70
P/B Ratio
35.16
EPS Growth
135.7%
Revenue Growth
30.1%
Debt / Equity
0.77
Net Cash / Share
$-1.99
Return on Equity
45.1%
Gross Margin
37.2%
Operating Margin
16.4%
FCF / Share
$5.12
Current Ratio
1.49
P/B < 1.0 (below book) is 35.16× — fails "< 1.00×".
FCF Yield > 7% is 1.4% — fails "> 7.0%".
P/B < 1.5 is 35.16× — fails "< 1.50×".
Trades meaningfully above the fair-value range — limited margin of safety.
Returns and margins are healthy and consistent.
Capital structure is unremarkable — neither a stress nor a tailwind.
Price action is firm and trending higher.
Behavioural read is mixed — some accumulation, some distribution.
Recent miss and / or risk patterns weigh on the catalyst path.
Among 95 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 49% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of -0.6% / yr.
ROE 45% · Op margin 16%
D/E 0.77 · CR 1.49
Net selling — 7 insiders
1 tracked holder · peak 11.1%
0.07% yield + buyback runway
96% through 52w range
EPS 136% · Rev 30%
A growth-rate scare or a quarter of margin compression resets the multiple. The business is still fine, but the price was assuming a level of compounding that takes 12–24 months to re-prove.
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Institutional Own.
83.6%
Insider Own.
0.3%
Dividend Yield
0.07%
Book Value / Share
$10.30
Superinvestor ownership
Held by 1 tracked superinvestor · peak weight 4.8%
Weights reflect each investor's latest 13F or factsheet snapshot. Data lags real time by 45+ days.