Vertiv shares slide as investors reassess data-center cooling demand and competition risks

Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) is down 7.0% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The drop appears tied to renewed concerns that large cloud operators could develop more of their own advanced cooling technology, potentially reducing future demand for third-party thermal-management solutions. The move may also reflect profit-taking after a sharp run-up following Vertiv’s strong earnings and upbeat 2026 outlook.

Details:

A major hyperscaler recently highlighted successful testing of an advanced microfluidic chip-cooling approach, which investors may view as a longer-term competitive threat to external cooling vendors.

Vertiv’s business is heavily exposed to data-center power and thermal infrastructure, so headlines suggesting alternative cooling architectures can quickly pressure sentiment even without an immediate impact to revenue.

The stock had surged after Vertiv’s Feb. 11, 2026 results and guidance, increasing the likelihood of a pullback on negative or uncertain sector news.

This could also be because of a broader rotation out of AI/data-center infrastructure names on a risk-off day, amplifying a single-stock reaction.

Sources:

Vertiv Investor Relations, Investing.com, Investors Business Daily

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$VRT Insider Trading Activity

$VRT insiders have traded $VRT stock on the open market 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VRT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

JAKKI L. HAUSSLER has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 15,680 shares for an estimated $1,943,098.
STEPHEN LIANG (Chief Technology Officer & EVP) sold 5,501 shares for an estimated $937,810

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$VRT Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 830 institutional investors add shares of $VRT stock to their portfolio, and 735 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 6,324,895 shares (-74.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,024,696,238
BLACKROCK, INC. removed 4,035,153 shares (-11.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $653,735,137
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added 2,423,833 shares (+238.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $392,685,184
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC removed 2,247,767 shares (-62.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $364,160,731
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB removed 1,969,090 shares (-85.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $319,012,270
MARSHALL WACE, LLP added 1,939,749 shares (+265.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $314,258,735
DARSANA CAPITAL PARTNERS LP added 1,500,000 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $243,015,000

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$VRT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $VRT stock 7 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VRT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 4 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 01/30, 11/18, 10/17 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 12/24.
REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 10/30 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 10/31, 10/30.

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$VRT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $VRT in the last several months. We have seen 10 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/23/2025
TD Cowen issued a "Buy" rating on 10/23/2025
Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 10/23/2025
Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 10/23/2025
UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 10/23/2025
Roth Capital issued a "Buy" rating on 10/21/2025
Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/17/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $VRT, check out Quiver Quantitative's $VRT forecast page.

$VRT Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VRT recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $VRT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $217.5.

Here are some recent targets:

Mark Delaney from Goldman Sachs set a target price of $277.0 on 02/12/2026
Brett Linzey from Mizuho set a target price of $290.0 on 02/12/2026
Andrew Kaplowitz from Citigroup set a target price of $286.0 on 02/12/2026
Deane Dray from RBC Capital set a target price of $266.0 on 02/12/2026
Julian Mitchell from Barclays set a target price of $281.0 on 02/12/2026
Stephen Tusa from JP Morgan set a target price of $225.0 on 01/16/2026
Amit Mehrotra from UBS set a target price of $201.0 on 10/23/2025

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