VRT Stock — Vertiv Holdings Co.

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

VRT is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.12%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.12%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 85/100 (Safe). Total return is 2007.3% over the past 8.2 years, 1798.6 points ahead of SPY at 208.7%.

Vertiv Holdings Co designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies for data centers, communication networks, and industrial environments globally, offering power management systems, thermal management solutions, and lifecycle services that support applications including artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and energy storage. The company distributes quarterly with a minimal current distribution rate. Vertiv appeals primarily to investors seeking exposure to the growing digital infrastructure and data center sectors rather than those focused on dividend income.

VRT performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 2007.3% over the past 8.2 years, 1798.6 points ahead of SPY at 208.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 16.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 45.1%.

VRT key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

85 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.10%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/30/2018

Distribution rate

0.12%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.12%

5-year average yield

0.06

Last close

$206.42 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$79,469,258,671

Average volume

6424700.0

Dividend

$0.063

Ex-dividend date

09/14/2026

Payment date

09/24/2026

Beta

2.048

Payout ratio

5.0%

P/E ratio

46.7

Forward P/E

27.7778

EPS

$4.42

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.12%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.12%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VRT risks and drawbacks

VRT's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 45.1%.

Who may consider VRT — and who may not

VRT may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (VRT pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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