VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over VSTS overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
VSTS
Vestis Corporation
VSTS's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
VSTS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
VSTS's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
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.
VSTS PE Valuation
VSTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
VRT has the edge over VSTS on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
VSTS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect VSTS's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 VSTS on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
VSTS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.77 | — |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.05 | +$0.18 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.14 | +$0.04 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.37 | -563% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.31 | -294% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.23 | -126% |
| Q2 2024 | $0.90 | +291% |
VSTS lost $0.05 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
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 VSTS 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 VSTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
VSTS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $661.7M | -1.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $659.4M | -0.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $663.4M | -3% |
| Q3 2025 | $712M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $673.8M | -3.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $665.2M | -5.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $683.8M | -4.8% |
| Q3 2024 | $684.3M | -4.4% |
VSTS's revenue has held roughly level: $662M last quarter, down 1.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 5.6% | +1.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 4.1% | +5.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.5% | -2 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2.5% | -1.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.7% | -1.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.3% | -7.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 4.5% | -2.2 points |
| Q3 2024 | 4.3% | -4.1 points |
VSTS's operating margin was 5.6% last quarter, up 1.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 VSTS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
VSTS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $47M | +487% |
| Q1 2026 | $45.6M | +$52.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $28.3M | +$39.3M |
| Q3 2025 | $15.6M | -94% |
| Q2 2025 | $8M | -71% |
| Q1 2025 | -$6.9M | -111% |
| Q4 2024 | -$11M | -132% |
| Q3 2024 | $267.5M | +205% |
VSTS still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2024 peak: $136M over the past year.
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 VSTS 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 |
VSTS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1% | +1.3M shares |
| 1 year | +1.9% | +2.5M shares |
| 3 years | +2.7% | +3.5M shares |
VSTS has 134M diluted shares, up 1.9% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
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 the edge over VSTS on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
VSTS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 4.4x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 4.7x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 5.8x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 5.4x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 5.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 3.9x | Elevated |
| Q3 2024 | 3.7x | Elevated |
VSTS's net debt is about 4.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 5.2 years a year ago.
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).
VSTS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 58.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 66.5 | Neutral |
VSTS's weekly RSI is 58 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 67 (neutral).
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.
VSTS PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VSTS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
VSTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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 |
VSTS has stronger trend alignment. VRT is above 2 of 5 weekly averages versus VSTS above 3 of 4.
VSTS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $14.2 | 0.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $14.1 | 0.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $11.0 | 29% above |
| 100 week MA | $9.58 | 48% above |
VSTS's trend is up, with a small recent dip: it's below only its 8-week average, and 48% above its 100-week average.
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's yearly returns have swung widely, from +275% in 2023 to −48% in 2022. It's up 25% so far in 2026.
VSTS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $19.3 | $21.1 | +9.5% |
| 2024 | $21.1 | $15.4 | -27% |
| 2025 | $15.4 | $6.55 | -57% |
| 2026 YTD | $6.55 | $14.2 | +117% |
VSTS has the edge over VRT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.