BN · rank #9 · 2026-10-21
VRT
NYSE · $78.37B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +30.5% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +15.8% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +15.1% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.7% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.84 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 1.14× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +61.6% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $78.37B |
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Summary
Vertiv designs, manufactures and services power, thermal and liquid-cooling infrastructure that is a hard physical bottleneck for AI data-center buildout, with ~$14B in 2026 guided revenue and a ~$15B backlog entering the year.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver signal is directly reinforced by 24% reported revenue growth, 31% guided organic growth, a sub-1x debt/FCF ratio, a 0.84 forward PEG, and reference architectures embedded with NVIDIA and Intel that create switching-cost stickiness at the point of densest AI power demand.
Material risks
- 1The $1.45B UIG acquisition (plus up to $1.15B earnout) extends Vertiv into microgrid and onsite generation where Schneider and Eaton already have entrenched positions, risking capital misallocation and integration distraction precisely when core backlog execution is most critical.
- 2Hyperscalers internalizing power and cooling design—or server-integrated liquid-cooling architectures from Dell, HPE or ODMs—could erode Vertiv's single-source position on next-generation rack densities before the current backlog fully converts.
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