Vertiv Holdings Co Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Adjusted diluted EPS reached $0.95, up approximately 42% from Q2 2024, driven by strong adjusted operating profit and lower interest expense.
  • Organic sales grew 34% year-over-year. Regional growth:
    • Americas: up ~43%
    • APAC: up ~37%
    • EMEA: up ~7% (lagging due to later AI infrastructure cycle)
  • Orders surpassed $3 billion for the first time, up ~15% year-over-year and 11% sequentially.
  • Book-to-bill ratio was 1.2x, supporting continued backlog expansion to $8.5 billion (up 21% YoY and 7% sequentially).
  • Adjusted operating profit was $489 million, up 28% YoY, though margin fell 110 bps to 18.5% due to tariff impacts and temporary operational inefficiencies.
  • Free cash flow was $277 million in Q2, down YoY due to working capital timing, but first-half adjusted FCF rose 24% to $542 million.
  • Management reaffirmed strong demand trends tied to AI-driven data center investment.

Guidance Updates

  • Net sales guidance raised to $10 billion (up $550 million from prior guidance), implying 24% organic growth for FY25.
  • Adjusted EPS guidance raised to $3.80, up 33% from FY24.
  • Adjusted operating profit expected to reach just under $2 billion, up 28% year-over-year.

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Operator: Good morning. My name is Brika, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Vertiv's Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that the call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the program over to your host today, Lynne Maxeiner, to begin. Please go ahead. Lynne M. Maxeiner: Great. Thank you, Brika. Good morning, and welcome to Vertiv's second quarter 2025 earnings conference call. Joining me today are Vertiv's Executive Chairman, Dave Cote; Chief Executive Officer, Gio Albertazzi; and Chief Financial Officer, David Fallon. We have 1 hour for the call today. [Operator Instructions] Before we begin, I would like to point out that during the course of this call, we will make forward-looking statements regarding future events, including the future financial and operating performance of Vertiv. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. We refer you to the cautionary language included in today's earnings release. You can learn more about these risks in our annual and quarterly reports and other filings made with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements that we make today are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. We undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or fut

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