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Analysis as of: 2026-01-06

Vertiv Holdings Co

Vertiv designs, manufactures, and services mission-critical power, thermal, and monitoring infrastructure for data centers, communication networks, and industrial sites.

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Summary

AI data centers shift the bottleneck to power and uptime

A credible path to doubling enterprise value hinges on sustaining data-center share gains and expanding higher-quality services revenue. The key debate is not demand today, but how durable the AI build cycle is and how much valuation premium can persist.

Analysis

Thesis

As AI-driven data-center expansion raises power-density and uptime requirements, Vertiv can grow content-per-megawatt plus services/software attach; even with some multiple compression, sustained execution on orders/backlog and margin roadmap supports a plausible 2x EV by 2031.

Last Economy Alignment

Vertiv sits on the physical bottlenecks of the Last Economy (power delivery, thermal reliability, speed-to-deploy). It benefits from compute growth regardless of which model wins, but remains exposed to capex cycles and large-electrical competition.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied 5-Year Multiple

1.9x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

Vertiv is one of the cleanest “AI infrastructure picks-and-shovels” plays: orders/backlog and field-service reach support share gains as power density rises. Versus diversified electrification peers, it should keep a premium so long as services grow and delivery reliability stays high, though some derating is likely as growth normalizes and competition intensifies.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The main risk is not product viability but cycle/valuation: a capex pause, grid delays, or competitive bundling could slow growth and compress the multiple simultaneously. Tariffs and supply-chain shifts can also hit margins during fast ramp periods. Finally, cooling-architecture narratives can create sharp sentiment swings even if overall power density keeps rising.

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Trends

Key Changes

Cooling-related infrastructure names saw volatility after public comments suggesting reduced cooling needs for next-gen AI platforms.
A major sell-side upgrade and higher target reinforced the ‘stronger-for-longer’ AI infrastructure narrative.
Vertiv’s latest disclosed order and backlog momentum (Q3 FY2025) remains a key support for near-term visibility.

Forecast update

Slightly stronger near-term order/backlog and market-tape support offset by heightened cooling-architecture headline risk; overall framing unchanged.

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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target

$196.61

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