BN · rank #11 · 2026-10-22
VRT
NYSE · $81.68B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| 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. | +57.0% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $81.68B |
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Summary
Vertiv designs, manufactures and services power, thermal and liquid-cooling infrastructure that is a hard-to-bypass bottleneck for hyperscale and AI data-center buildouts globally.
Rationale
A $15B+ backlog entering 2026, 31% guided organic growth, 60% y/y EPS expansion, a sub-1x PEG, and reference architectures embedded with NVIDIA and Intel collectively validate the bottleneck-solver signal that VRT screens for.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscalers internalizing power/cooling design or shifting to server-integrated liquid cooling (e.g., rack-scale solutions from ODMs) could erode Vertiv's sole-source positioning and compress the backlog conversion rate that underpins the thesis.
- 2The $1.45B UIG acquisition (plus up to $1.15B earnout) closes into a net-cash balance sheet just as earnings are reported October 28, creating simultaneous integration, regulatory and guidance-reset risk at a high-multiple entry point.
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