IEP
Icahn Enterprises L.P.
IEP has slightly lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over IEP overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
IEP Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Under pressure | |
| Strong |
IEP's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
IEP PE Valuation
IEP has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
IEP Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect IEP's earnings to grow, with its revenue and profitability holding steady.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
VRT has the edge over IEP on the outlook, with more favorable revenue and profitability expectations.
IEP Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.50 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$1.46 | -$0.68 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.66 | +$0.56 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.44 | +$1.20 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.52 | +$0.42 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.78 | +$0.25 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.22 | -$0.13 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.64 | -$0.55 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.94 | +$0.81 |
IEP is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.46 per share over the past year, against $5.49 at its worst in late 2019.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over IEP on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
IEP Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.2B | +16% |
| Q2 2026 | $3B | +26% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.2B | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.7B | +5.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | -2.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.4B | +7.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.9B | -24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.6B | -4.4% |
IEP's revenue is recovering but still below its 2022 peak: $3.2B last quarter, up 16% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -3.6% | -23 points |
| Q2 2026 | -13% | -2.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | -28% | +7.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6% | +5.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 20% | +17 points |
| Q2 2025 | -10% | +12 points |
| Q1 2025 | -35% | -34 points |
| Q4 2024 | -5.2% | +2.2 points |
IEP's operating margin was −3.6% last quarter, down 23 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over IEP on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over IEP on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
IEP Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $116M | +$183M |
| Q2 2026 | $36M | -80% |
| Q1 2026 | $283M | +$553M |
| Q4 2025 | -$496M | -418% |
| Q3 2025 | -$67M | +$45M |
| Q2 2025 | $179M | -78% |
| Q1 2025 | -$270M | +$49M |
| Q4 2024 | $156M | +1100% |
IEP's free cash flow was −$61M over the past year, against −$2M the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over IEP on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
IEP Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +6.5% | +46M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +157M shares |
| 3 years | +84% | +346M shares |
| 5 years | +172% | +478M shares |
| Available history | +254% | +543M shares |
IEP has 757M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over IEP on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
IEP Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -7.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -4.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -5.6x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -42.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2022 | -4.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2022 | -90.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -175.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -7.2x | Net Cash |
IEP has the edge over VRT on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
IEP Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 20.7 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 3.3 | Oversold |
IEP's weekly RSI is 21 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 3 (oversold).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
IEP PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | IEP | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
IEP has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
IEP Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $5.93 | 18% below |
| 20 week MA | $6.72 | 28% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.34 | 34% below |
| 100 week MA | $8.11 | 40% below |
| 200 week MA | $16.0 | 70% below |
IEP is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 70% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over IEP on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
IEP Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $62.2 | $51.0 | -18% |
| 2021 | $51.0 | $49.8 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | $49.8 | $50.7 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | $50.7 | $17.2 | -66% |
| 2024 | $17.2 | $8.94 | -48% |
| 2025 | $8.94 | $7.60 | -15% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.60 | $4.86 | -36% |
IEP has finished three years in a row lower, and it's down 36% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over IEP on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.