Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) stock analysis
Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) clears 3 of this site's 8 mechanical value filters, 3 of 8 Buffett-style checks and 1 of 5 Lynch-style checks. At $195.59 it trades 50.7% above this site's neutral DCF value (a margin of safety of -50.7%). Its earnings quality rates Strong and it returns 0.0% to shareholders net of dilution. Figures are as of October 23, 2026, from SEC filings and market data refreshed weekly; this is educational analysis, not investment advice.
Data as of October 23, 2026. Refreshed weekly from SEC filings and market data.
What does Vertiv Holdings do?
Vertiv makes the power and cooling equipment that keeps data centers and communications networks running.
Brands and businesses it owns
- Vertiv
- Liebert
- Geist
What stands out about Vertiv Holdings?
- The share price implies 18.4% yearly growth. At $195.59, VRT's free cash flow of $7.60 per share would have to grow 18.4% a year, fading to 2.5% by year 10, for this site's DCF (10% discount rate) to match the price. This site's baseline starts at 8%, so the price asks for more growth than the baseline. Change the assumptions.
- Misses 3 of the 8 value filters. It fails Trailing P/E < 25 (43.45), PEG Ratio < 1.5 (1.68) and Price/Book < 8 (15.82); the other 3 pass and 2 were not evaluated. See every filter.
- Strongest against peers: revenue growth. At 26.2% (peer median 13.0%) it ranks 3rd of 19 among electrical equipment stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Weakest against peers: dividend yield. At 0.11% (peer median 0.73%) it ranks 12th of 14 among electrical equipment stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Dividend raises 1 of 6 flags. Its trailing yield is 0.11%. See the Sustainable Dividend Screener.
How has Vertiv Holdings' share price moved?
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Is Vertiv Holdings undervalued? The value diligence check
Every value-investing signal this site computes for this stock, gathered in one place: the same real numbers from the tools below, not a new score.
- Margin of safety (DCF) -50.7%
- P/E vs. its own history 43.5x · near the cheap end Real range: 40.3x–88.5x over 5 years (net income per diluted share from each fiscal year's 10-K, paired with the real closing price at that fiscal year-end).
- Wall St. analyst rating Buy · 4.17/5 36 analysts this month: 10 strong buy, 22 buy, 4 hold, 0 sell, 0 strong sell (Finnhub).
- Altman Z″-Score (bankruptcy risk) 3.08 · Safe zone
- Earnings quality (is the profit real?) Strong · all 5 checks clean Beneish M-score −2.44 · accruals −7.3% of assets · 189% of profit arrived as cash · stock comp 0.4% of revenue · share count +0.6% a year. From the latest 10-K (year to Dec 2025) - see the Earnings Quality Screener for how each check is scored.
- Shareholder yield (cash back to owners) 0.0% net Latest fiscal year (2025): dividends 0.1% + buybacks 0.0% − stock comp 0.1%, as a share of today's market cap. Over 7 years its split-adjusted share count rose 230%. See Shareholder Yield Leaders.
- Capital needed to grow (See's test) n/a (under 8 years of filings)
- PEG (growth at a reasonable price) 1.68 · Above fair P/E 43.5× ÷ 25.9% a year of growth behind it. 191st lowest of 447 stocks with a usable PEG. Lynch's fair value is a PEG of 1; a very high PEG usually means almost no growth, a very low one a profit spike. See PEG Ratio Ranking.
- Compounder lenses (4) 1 of 4 · misses capital-light (n/a), cash back, price Capital-light growth: cannot be measured (under 8 years of filings); Profit is real: cleared; Cash to owners: not cleared (+0.3% a year net); Fair price (PEG): not cleared (PEG 1.68, over 1.5). See Compounders at a Fair Price, which also lets you move the PEG bar.
- Value trap check Clear
- Munger's Inversion Check 1 flag
- Standing vs. sector peers 5 of 7 measures above the median Compared with the 18 other electrical equipment stocks this site tracks: 2 in the top third, 2 in the bottom third.
- Dividend payout sustainability 1/6 flags
How does Vertiv Holdings compare with its peers?
5 of 7 measures sit above the median of the 18 other electrical equipment stocks tracked here, 2 in the top third and 2 in the bottom third.
- P/E ratiolower is cheaper · peer median 34.5× 43.5× ✕15th of 19
- Free-cash-flow yieldhigher is cheaper · peer median 3.4% 3.9% –8th of 19
- Return on equityhigher is better · peer median 20% 42% ✓4th of 19
- Net marginhigher is better · peer median 13.4% 15.1% –7th of 19
- Revenue growthhigher is better, year on year · peer median 13.0% 26.2% ✓3rd of 19
- Debt / equitylower is safer · peer median 0.67 0.62 –8th of 19
- Dividend yieldamong dividend payers · peer median 0.73% 0.11% ✕12th of 14
Peers are the stocks this site tracks in the same sector group, not every listed competitor. The bar runs from the weakest peer (left) to the strongest (right); the tick is the middle. Measures that don't apply to a sector (cash-flow yield for banks, debt for financials) are left out.
What would Buffett & Lynch say?
Buffett's checklist is built around durable, profitable businesses bought at sensible prices, and VRT doesn't clear enough of it yet. In its favor: VRT is currently earning a strong return on shareholders' equity, and has kept that profitability up over five years, not just this year, and converts sales into profit at healthy margins. Where it comes up short: VRT carries more debt relative to equity than he typically tolerates, hasn't grown earnings per share fast enough over five years to impress him, doesn't cover its interest expense as comfortably as he'd want, is trading above what a conservative discounted-cash-flow estimate says it's worth right now, and trades rich relative to owner earnings, the real cash the business could pay out.
- ROE (TTM) > 11% ✓
- ROE (5yr avg) > 11% ✓
- Debt/Equity < 0.5 ✕
- Pretax margin > 15% ✓
- EPS growth (5yr) > 7% ✕
- Interest coverage > 5x ✕
- Trading below intrinsic value (DCF) ✕
- Price vs. owner earnings < 25x ✕
Lynch looked for growth stories that weren't overpriced for that growth, and VRT falls short of his bar. In its favor: VRT is generating real cash to back up a fast grower's higher price tag. Where it comes up short: VRT doesn't clear the tighter PEG bar a fast grower needs to justify its pace, is growing earnings outside the 20-50% band he considered sustainable for a fast grower - either not fast enough to earn the label, or a pace he'd flag as unlikely to hold up, is leaning on more debt than he liked a growth story to carry, and is priced above what he'd pay even for a company growing this quickly.
- PEG < 1 (stricter for fast growers) ✕
- EPS growth 20%-50% ✕
- Debt/Equity < 0.5 ✕
- P/E < 40 ✕
- Price/FCF < 40 ✓
Quantitative approximations of each investor's documented approach, not endorsed by either investor or their estates - commentary, not this site's actual ranking criteria. Buffett never published a numeric checklist: only 2 of his 8 checks here trace to his own documented concepts ("owner earnings," from his 1986 shareholder letter, and "price is what you pay, value is what you get," his case against fixed P/E/P/B ceilings) - the other 6 (ROE, debt, margins, growth, interest coverage) use commonly-cited thresholds that are not numbers he himself published. The 8 hard filters below (plus the Munger check and Graham margin of safety) are this site's real, mechanical screen and are computed completely independently of the checklists above.
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Which of the 8 value filters does Vertiv Holdings pass?
- Market Cap > $25B $75.3B
- Trailing P/E < 25 43.45
- PEG Ratio < 1.5 1.68
- Price/Book < 8 15.82
- Price/Sales < 7 6.56
- EPS Growth YoY > -5% +52.4%
- vs 50-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
- vs 200-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
What is Vertiv Holdings' margin of safety?
History tracking starts this week - check back in a future week to see how this has moved.
Where is Vertiv Holdings in its 52-week range?
What is the short interest in Vertiv Holdings?
14,384,504 shares short as of 2026-09-30 (FINRA settlement date). Reported twice a month, so this only changes roughly every two weeks, not daily.
What could go wrong with Vertiv Holdings? Munger's inversion check
"Invert, always invert." Instead of reasons to buy, these are reasons to hesitate, not a verdict, and not everything worth knowing about a business.
- Margin of safety, even in the bull case +11%
- Short interest under 5% of float 3.8%
- Passes most of the 6 fundamental filters 3/6 passed
- Price run-up backed by value, not just momentum +31% off 52wk low
- Debt/equity stable since 2020 4.20 → 0.74
Doesn't cover circle of competence, management quality, or accounting concerns: those need judgment, not data.
How much have Vertiv Holdings shareholders gained per year?
Not enough clean earnings history to compute this for VRT yet - a loss year in the window breaks the growth math rather than faking a number through it.
An earnings-based proxy, not a stock-price total return - it doesn't capture multiple expansion/contraction or reinvested dividends. EPS from VRT's own 10-K filings; dividend yield is the current trailing yield on today's price, from the same weekly fetch as the rest of this site.
What do Vertiv Holdings' 10-year financials show?
From VRT's own 10-K filings (SEC EDGAR): up to the last 10 fiscal years. Press any year's bars for the exact figures.
Frequently asked questions about Vertiv Holdings
What kind of company is Vertiv Holdings?
Vertiv makes the power and cooling equipment that keeps data centers and communications networks running. Brands and businesses it owns include Vertiv, Liebert and Geist. This site groups it with Electrical Equipment stocks.
Is Vertiv Holdings trading above or below its DCF value?
At $195.59, VRT trades 50.7% above this site's neutral DCF value of $129.76 per share, a margin of safety of −50.7%. That DCF projects free cash flow for 10 years, with growth starting at 8% and fading to 2.5%, discounted at 10%; it is one set of assumptions, not a forecast. Test your own in the Intrinsic Value Calculator.
How many of this site's 8 value filters does Vertiv Holdings pass?
VRT passes 3 of 8. It passes Market Cap > $25B ($75.3B), Price/Sales < 7 (6.56) and EPS Growth YoY > -5% (+52.4%). It misses Trailing P/E < 25 (43.45), PEG Ratio < 1.5 (1.68) and Price/Book < 8 (15.82). vs 50-day MA (±12%) and vs 200-day MA (±12%) were not evaluated, because the moving-average checks only run on stocks that clear the fundamentals first. The 8-filter list shows every stock that passes all of them.
What growth is Vertiv Holdings' share price pricing in?
At $195.59, VRT's free cash flow of $7.60 per share would have to grow 18.4% a year, fading to 2.5% by year 10, for this site's DCF (10% discount rate) to match the price. This site's baseline starts at 8%, so the price asks for more growth than the baseline. Change the assumptions.
How much cash does Vertiv Holdings return to shareholders?
VRT's net shareholder yield is 0.0%: the cash it returns through dividends and buybacks, minus stock-based compensation, as a share of its market value. Latest fiscal year (2025): dividends 0.1% + buybacks 0.0% − stock comp 0.1%, as a share of today's market cap. Over 7 years its split-adjusted share count rose 230%. Its trailing dividend yield is 0.11%, paid out of 3% of its free cash flow; the dividend-sustainability check raises 1 of 6 flags (weak interest coverage). See Shareholder Yield Leaders and the Sustainable Dividend Screener.
When does Vertiv Holdings report earnings next?
Vertiv Holdings's next earnings report is expected on October 28, 2026 before the market opens, with analysts expecting earnings of $1.85 per share. Dates come from the Finnhub earnings calendar and can move. In its last 4 quarters it beat the estimate 4 times, by an average of +12.8%.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Financial statements: Vertiv Holdings's 10-K annual report for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, filed Feb 13, 2026 (filing index). Every earlier year in the 10-year financials comes from the company's older 10-K filings, all listed on SEC EDGAR.
- Prices and market data: quotes, P/E and analyst ratings from Finnhub; daily price history and the 52-week range from Twelve Data, both refreshed weekly. Short interest comes from FINRA, reported twice a month.
- How to check a figure: click any number in the card above to see its exact source, and read the Editorial Standards for every rule behind the checks.
About this Vertiv Holdings Co analysis
This page shows every value-investing check the site runs on Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) in one place: the 8 mechanical filters, the Buffett and Lynch checklists, a margin of safety from a disclosed DCF, earnings quality, shareholder yield and how it ranks against its sector peers. The numbers come from SEC filings and public market data, refreshed weekly, and the same rules apply to every stock on the stock list. See Editorial Standards for the sources and the rules, or run your own filters in the stock screener.