VRTMEDIUM SIGNALFINANCIAL10-K

Vertiv delivered strong financial performance with substantially higher operating cash flow and meaningful balance sheet strengthening, while repositioning its messaging toward AI and data center densification opportunities.

The company's robust cash generation and equity growth demonstrate operational strength in a high-demand market for critical digital infrastructure. The strategic messaging shift emphasizes AI-driven data center evolution and densification, positioning Vertiv to capitalize on accelerating compute requirements, though this also signals heightened competition and customer expectations in this rapidly evolving sector.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Vertiv demonstrated strong financial momentum with operating cash flow growing substantially to $2.1B and stockholders' equity expanding notably to $3.9B, reflecting robust profitability and balance sheet strengthening. Operating income grew meaningfully to $1.8B while interest expense declined significantly, indicating improved operational efficiency and debt management. The company's asset base expanded to $12.2B with higher current assets and liabilities, suggesting business scale expansion to meet growing market demand.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Stockholders Equity
Balance Sheet
+61.9%
$2.4B→$3.9B

Equity base grew 61.9% — retained earnings accumulation or equity issuance strengthening the balance sheet.

Operating Cash Flow
Cash Flow
+60.2%
$1.3B→$2.1B

Operating cash flow surged 60.2% — exceptional cash generation, highest quality earnings signal.

Dividends Paid
Cash Flow
+57.8%
$42.2M→$66.6M

Dividend payments increased 57.8% — management confidence in sustained cash generation.

Interest Expense
P&L
-42.8%
$150.4M→$86.1M

Interest expense declined — debt repayment or refinancing at lower rates improving earnings quality.

Current Liabilities
Balance Sheet
+42.3%
$3.1B→$4.4B

Current liabilities surged 42.3% — significant near-term obligations; verify ability to meet short-term debt.

Cash & Equivalents
Balance Sheet
+40.8%
$1.2B→$1.7B

Cash position surged 40.8% — strong cash generation or capital raise providing significant financial cushion.

Operating Income
P&L
+33.8%
$1.4B→$1.8B

Operating leverage kicking in — revenue growth outpacing cost growth, a hallmark of scaling businesses.

Total Assets
Balance Sheet
+33.7%
$9.1B→$12.2B

Asset base grew 33.7% — expansion through organic growth, acquisitions, or capital deployment.

Current Assets
Balance Sheet
+33.7%
$5.1B→$6.8B

Current assets grew 33.7% — improving short-term liquidity or inventory/receivables build.

Capital Expenditure
Cash Flow
+31.7%
$167.0M→$220.0M

Capital expenditure jumped 31.7% — major investment cycle underway; assess returns on deployment.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-02-13
PRIOR — 2025-02-18
ADDED
Business Overview Vertiv is a global leader in critical digital infrastructure for applications in data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments.
As businesses, industries, and communities become more connected, we pioneer and deliver end-to-end power and cooling technologies to help our customers stay resilient, optimized, and future-ready.
With our industry-leading innovative technologies and global services network, we are fueling the revolution of the digital world keeping technology ecosystems running efficiently and without interruption.
We believe that Vertiv is supercharging data s potential; accelerating the pace of technology, raising the bar for accelerated compute and redefining the limits of densification.
Our Business Vertiv has the most complete portfolio of critical digital infrastructure offerings.
We design, manufacture, sell, install, maintain, and service critical digital infrastructure technologies and rapidly deployable customized solutions to meet the specific business requirements and needs of a diverse group of customers.
Vertiv leads with first-to-market designs engineered for next-gen rack-scale artificial intelligence ("AI") compute enabling transformation and scale to stay multiple compute generations ahead.
Our broad range of offerings includes AC and DC power management, thermal management, low/medium voltage switchgear, busbar, air cooled and liquid cooled thermal management products, integrated modular solutions, racks, single phase UPS, rack power distribution, rack thermal systems, configurable integrated solutions, energy storage solutions, hardware, software for managing IT equipment and services.
These comprehensive offerings are integral to the reliable operation of technologies used to support applications that include AI, e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things and online gaming.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, Vertiv s net sales was $10,229.9, of which 62% was transacted in the Americas; 20% was transacted in Asia Pacific; and 18% was transacted in Europe, Middle East Africa.
REMOVED
Business Overview Vertiv is a global leader in the design, manufacturing and servicing of critical digital infrastructure for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments.
Our customers operate in some of the world's most critical and growing industries, including cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail.
Driven by passion and innovation, Vertiv believes there is a better way to meet the world s accelerating demand for data, including the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.
We collaborate with our customers to envision and build future-ready infrastructures.
Our portfolio of hardware, software, analytics and services aim to enable our customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and scale with business needs.
Our Business Vertiv designs, manufactures, sells, installs, maintains, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and rapidly deployable customized solutions to meet the specific business requirements and needs of a diverse group of customers.
Our broad range of offerings includes AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure.
These comprehensive offerings are integral to the reliable operation of the technologies used for services, such as e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things and online gaming.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, Vertiv s net sales was $8,011.8, of which 56% was transacted in the Americas; 22% was transacted in Asia Pacific; and 22% was transacted in Europe, Middle East Africa.
The following table shows estimated backlog by business segment at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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