BN · rank #12 · 2026-10-26
VRT
NYSE · $74.81B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| 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. | 0.91 |
| 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. | +71.4% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $74.81B |
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Summary
Vertiv designs and manufactures integrated power, thermal, and rack infrastructure purpose-built for high-density AI and hyperscale data centers, with a $15B backlog and NVIDIA DSX qualification underpinning near-term revenue visibility.
Rationale
VRT screens as a genuine bottleneck-solver—not a sentiment rotation—because its $15B backlog (2x year-ago), 31% guided organic growth, NVIDIA DSX-Ready CDU qualification, and factory-built integrated systems create switching costs and execution speed that competitors cannot easily replicate at scale in the near term.
Material risks
- 1Liquid-cooling components (CDUs, cold plates, racks) face accelerating commoditization from lower-cost Asian competitors and Schneider/Eaton at manufacturing scale, threatening the integrated-system moat that justifies the bottleneck-solver thesis.
- 2Q3 earnings land October 28—two days post as-of-date—creating binary event risk on backlog conversion, margin trajectory, and any guidance revision that could reprice the 71% analyst upside assumption before a position is established.
AI verdict council
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