BN · rank #15 · 2026-07-23
VRT
NYSE · $115.68B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +28.6% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +15.3% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +14.4% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.9% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 1.53 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 1.41× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +25.1% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +16% |
| Market cap (USD) | $115.68B |
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Summary
Vertiv is a global critical digital infrastructure provider delivering integrated power, cooling, hardware, software, and lifecycle services to data centers and mission-critical facilities worldwide.
Rationale
VRT is a textbook bottleneck-solver — power and thermal management are the binding constraint on AI datacenter scaling, and Vertiv's turnkey systems plus long-term service relationships create durable, contract-backed revenue visibility that underpins the 28.6% forward growth and 15.8% EPS beat.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscale customers (Microsoft, Google, Amazon) could vertically integrate power and cooling design in-house or shift to preferred vendors, directly eroding Vertiv's systems-integration role and the bundled-solution moat the thesis depends on.
- 2Q2 2026 earnings drop July 29 — guidance of $1.37–$1.43 EPS and $3.3–$3.5B revenue is already bracketing consensus, leaving limited room for upside surprise and meaningful downside if capex commentary from hyperscalers softens.
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