VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over ZIP overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
ZIP
ZipRecruiter, Inc.
ZIP trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ZIP Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable |
ZIP's cash flow is currently healthy, and its revenue, profitability and balance sheet are stable.
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.
ZIP PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 11x | $5.64 | — |
| Cheap | 23x | $11.57 | +105% |
| Fair | 32x | $16.00 | +184% |
| Forward | 75x | $5.64 | — |
| Expensive | 169x | $84.62 | +1400% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ZIP has the edge over VRT in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
VRT has the edge over ZIP on the outlook, with more favorable valuation and profitability expectations.
ZIP Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ZIP to return to profit, with revenue growing. 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 ZIP on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ZIP Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.07 | -85% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.50 | +$0.94 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.33 | +$0.69 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.30 | -$0.11 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.37 | -$0.24 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.44 | -4500% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.36 | -233% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.19 | -156% |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.13 | -128% |
ZIP has returned to profit: it earned $0.50 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before. Its recent earnings include one-off gains.
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 ZIP 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 ZIP on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ZIP Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $124.4M | +8.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $118.1M | +5.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $107.5M | -2.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $111.7M | +0.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $115M | -1.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $112.2M | -9.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $110.1M | -10% |
| Q4 2024 | $111M | -18% |
ZIP's revenue is recovering but still below its 2022 peak: $124M last quarter, up 8.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.7% | +13 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.5% | +9.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1.4% | +9.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3.6% | +7.2 points |
| Q3 2025 | -4.4% | -1.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | -5.9% | -14 points |
| Q1 2025 | -11% | -9.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -3.6% | -13 points |
ZIP's operating margin was 8.7% last quarter, up 13 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 ZIP on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ZIP Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $15.2M | +579% |
| Q2 2026 | $15.2M | +48% |
| Q1 2026 | -$3.6M | +$6.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $7.6M | -37% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.2M | -76% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.2M | -53% |
| Q1 2025 | -$10.2M | -635% |
| Q4 2024 | $12M | -65% |
ZIP still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2021 peak: $34M 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 393M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
ZIP Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.7% | +565K shares |
| 1 year | -8.1% | -7.3M shares |
| 3 years | -21% | -22.2M shares |
| 5 years | -14% | -13.5M shares |
| Available history | -33% | -40.1M shares |
ZIP has the edge over VRT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.5M |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $9.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $8M |
| Q3 2025 | $10M |
| Q2 2025 | $56.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $27.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $2.7M |
ZIP spent $22M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 77% from the year before.
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 ZIP on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
ZIP Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 9.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 94.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 121.6x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 24.0x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 10.3x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 4.1x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 3.3x | Elevated |
ZIP's net debt is about 2.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from more than 20 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).
ZIP Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 64.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 43.6 | Neutral |
ZIP's weekly RSI is 64 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 44 (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.
ZIP PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ZIP | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 11x | 24x | 53% below |
| PE % | 2 | 61 | 59 pts below |
ZIP has the edge over VRT on valuation relative to its sector.
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 pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 70% above its 200-week average.
ZIP Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $4.24 | 33% above |
| 20 week MA | $4.18 | 35% above |
| 50 week MA | $3.51 | 61% above |
| 100 week MA | $4.46 | 26% above |
| 200 week MA | $8.77 | 36% below |
ZIP has the edge over VRT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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.
ZIP Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $21.0 | $24.7 | +18% |
| 2022 | $24.7 | $16.3 | -34% |
| 2023 | $16.3 | $13.9 | -15% |
| 2024 | $13.9 | $7.09 | -49% |
| 2025 | $7.09 | $4.16 | -41% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.16 | $5.64 | +36% |
ZIP has the edge over VRT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.