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In recent weeks, Vertiv Holdings has expanded its AI data center footprint by advancing liquid cooling and power systems, raising longer-term earnings guidance, and agreeing to acquire Utility Innovation Group for about US$1.45 billion in cash plus potential earn-outs tied to future EBITDA performance. This combination of deepening exposure to AI infrastructure and moving “upstream” toward the grid connection point could reshape Vertiv’s role across the entire power chain for high-density...

Vertiv stock is up 55% so far in 2026, and it can go higher.

These three stocks offer three different ways to participate in the AI infrastructure buildout.

Wells Fargo analyst Stephen Tusa initiated coverage of Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) on September 25, with an Overweight rating and a $340 price target, calling it the best sales growth story in multi-industry. The call follows a run of acquisitions that push Vertiv deeper into power and cooling for AI data centers. The Utility Innovation […]

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) closed at $243.85 in the latest trading session, marking a -3.72% move from the prior day.

Investors need to pay close attention to VRT stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

Detailed price information for Vertiv Holdings (VRT-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) is facing a shareholder investigation by law firm Hagens Berman over potential securities law violations. The probe follows a sharp post earnings drop in Vertiv's share price after Q2 results that the firm described as disappointing. Hagens Berman is reviewing whether Vertiv or its executives misled investors or failed to flag supply chain and project execution risks tied to the Q2 miss. The Hagens Berman investigation into Vertiv's Q2 earnings miss and...

Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) is back in focus after being named a qualified cooling supplier for Nvidia's DSX Ready program, a move that ties the business more closely to AI data center buildouts. Vertiv Holdings Co has been volatile in recent months, with the share price down about 19% over 90 days and roughly 4% over the past month, even as the year to date share price return is close to 40% and the 1 year total shareholder return is about 76%. This is supported by a very large 5 year total...

Based on the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), Vertiv (VRT) should be added to one's portfolio. Wall Street analysts' overly optimistic recommendations cast doubt on the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric. So, is the stock worth buying?

On September 2, Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) agreed to acquire Utility Innovation Holdings, Inc. (operating as UtilityInnovation Group or UIG) for approximately $1.45 billion in cash at closing. The deal includes up to $1.15 billion in performance-based cash earnouts over 12- and 24-month periods tied to EBITDA targets. At the initial purchase price, the transaction […]

Vertiv acquires King Environmental Services to expand liquid cooling and fluid management for AI data centers across EMEA.

Key TakeawaysOn September 24, the same day it paid its $0. 0625 quarterly dividend, Vertiv announced it would buy King Environmental Services, a European fluid management and commissioning firm, its fifth acquisition in roughly a year and the second in three weeks after Utility Innovation Group.

The deal adds European fluid-management and commissioning capabilities as Vertiv builds out services for increasingly complex liquid-cooled data centers.

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire King Environmental Services Ltd. (KES), a Europe-based provider of fluid management, commissioning and load-testing services for high-density, liquid-cooled data centers and other applications.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) concluded the recent trading session at $253.46, signifying a +1.04% move from its prior day's close.

Vertiv's AI-driven data center growth, raised 2026 outlook and stronger earnings estimates give it an edge over Eaton despite a higher valuation.

Beyond NVIDIA, Vertiv and Arista Networks offer exposure to the AI data-center buildout through power, cooling and networking infrastructure.

Detailed price information for Vertiv Holdings (VRT-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

Vertiv Holdings (NYSE:VRT) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 48.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 60.13%. Currently, Vertiv Holdings has a market capitalization of

Vertiv (VRT) stock gained 75.9% over the past year, more than four times the S&P 500's 16.7% return. The company sells the power and cooling equipment that AI data centers depend on, and its sales and margins have grown fast. Yet the shares sit about a third below their 52-week high. The question analysts keep raising is delivery.

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Detailed price information for Vertiv Holdings (VRT-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

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Hyperscalers will spend an estimated $850 billion on data centers in 2026.

VRT's product revenues jump 22% to $2.65B in the second quarter of 2026 as AI data-center demand fuels power, cooling and infrastructure sales.

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In the latest trading session, Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) closed at $234.26, marking a -1.32% move from the previous day.

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Investors see a potential AI slowdown as problematic for companies tied to the data center buildout.

Vertiv Holdings Co has seen its stock swing sharply in recent years, which naturally raises a question for anyone looking at Vertiv today. Is the current share price grounded in the cash flows the business can realistically generate, or has the story moved faster than the underlying money coming in the door? Vertiv has delivered a very large 5 year share price gain. As a result, investors now have more at risk if the current valuation rests on overly optimistic cash flow expectations. The...

Vertiv (VRT) is up about 88% over the past year, and down nearly 14% over the past three months. The number that should worry a holder sits in the company's own guidance: organic growth of roughly 35% in the third quarter of 2026, against the 18% organic pace it just delivered. Everything about the second half of 2026 turns on that step.

VRT appears better positioned for AI demand, earnings surprises and valuation, while AVGO faces margin, concentration and execution risks.

NVIDIA, Arista Networks and Vertiv offer exposure to AI infrastructure as surging capex drives demand for computing, networking and power systems.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) spent $28.5 billion on capital expenditures in its latest quarter as it raced to build cloud capacity for artificial intelligence. Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) operates one layer below that boom, where GPUs become a power and cooling problem. Oracle reported September 10 that quarterly revenue rose 30% to $19.3 billion and remaining […]

Vertiv recently announced a major acquisition that could help it capture a larger share of hyperscalers' growing capital expenditures.