Why Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) Performed Worst On Monday?

We recently published a list of 10 Firms Mirror Wall Street Bloodbath. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) stands against other best worst-performing companies on Monday

Wall Street kicked off the trading week on a sour note anew as investors continued to digest the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and his criticism of the Federal Reserve.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell the most among the major indices, down 2.55 percent, followed by the Dow Jones at 2.48 percent, and the S&P 500 at 2.36 percent.

Ten companies mirrored the market bloodbath, booking significant losses during the day. In this article, we have listed the 10 worst-performing companies on Monday and detailed the reasons behind their declines.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

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Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT)

Vertiv Holdings declined by 7.70 percent on Monday to end at $67.57 apiece as investors repositioned their portfolios ahead of the release of its first quarter earnings results.

VRT is scheduled to announce its performance for the last three months before the market opens on Wednesday, April 23, where investors will be closely watching out for its outlook for the year, given the ongoing market uncertainties, and whether it will beat or miss earnings estimates.

VRT is a multinational company providing critical infrastructure projects for data centers and communication networks, among others.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, VRT registered a 36.8 percent drop in net income at $147 million from the $232.6 million registered in the same period a year earlier, despite net sales jumping by 25.78 percent to $2.3 billion from $1.86 billion year-on-year.

Net income for the full year of 2024 also rose by 7.7 percent to $495.8 million from $460.2 million, while net sales increased by 16.7 percent to $8 billion from $6.86 billion in 2023.

Overall, VRT ranks 9th on our list of worst-performing companies on Monday. While we acknowledge the potential of VRT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than VRT but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.