Vertiv Holdings Co Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • Vertiv delivered a significantly stronger-than-expected Q3 2025, exceeding guidance across all key financial metrics.
  • Management emphasized accelerating AI-driven demand, expanding backlog, and strong long‑term visibility into 2026 and beyond.
  • Leadership reiterated confidence in long-term targets, including achieving 25% adjusted operating margin by 2029.
  • Full‑year 2025 guidance was raised for adjusted EPS, net sales, operating profit, and free cash flow.

Q3 2025 Financial Highlights (Compared to Q3 2024)

  • Adjusted diluted EPS: $1.24, up ~63% YoY.
  • Organic sales growth: +28% YoY.
    • Americas: +43%.
    • APAC: +21%.
    • EMEA: –4% (in line with expectations).
  • Adjusted operating profit: $596M, up 43% YoY.
  • Adjusted operating margin: 22.3%, up more than 200 bps YoY.
  • Adjusted free cash flow: $462M, up 38% YoY (95% conversion).
  • Backlog: $9.5B, up ~30% YoY and 12% sequentially.
  • Book‑to‑bill ratio: 1.4x.
  • Net leverage: 0.5x (expected to fall to 0.2x by year‑end).

Operational & Market Commentary

  • AI‑driven data center demand accelerating globally, especially in the Americas.
  • EMEA remains challenged (power availability, regulatory hurdles) but is expected to reaccelerate meaningfully in the second half of 2026.

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Operator: Thank you all for standing by. The Vertiv Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call is going to be starting in about four minutes' time. Good morning. My name is Breeka, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Vertiv's Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. Please note that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the program over to your host today, to begin, Lynne M. Maxeiner, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Lynne M. Maxeiner: Great. Thank you, Breeka. Good morning, and welcome to Vertiv's Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Joining me today are Vertiv's Executive Chairman, David M. Cote, Chief Executive Officer, Giordano Albertazzi, and Chief Financial Officer, David J. Fallon. We have one hour for the call today. During the Q&A portion of the call, please be mindful of others in the queue and limit yourself to one question. And if you have a follow-up question, please rejoin the queue. Before we begin, I'd like to point out that during the course of the 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 ca

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