New York, February 9, 2026, 19:12 (EST) — After-hours
- Vertiv shares climbed roughly 3.3% to $202 in after-hours action, following a volatile Monday session.
- Fourth-quarter and full-year numbers from the data-center power and cooling supplier are due out Wednesday.
- Big economic numbers due out later this week have U.S. markets on edge, with traders eyeing potential shifts in rate expectations.
Vertiv Holdings Co ended after-hours up roughly 3.3% at $202. The stock bounced between $191.38 and $208.41 over the session. Volume hit around 7.6 million shares by the latest print.
Vertiv is on deck to release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. open, with a conference call scheduled for 11 a.m. Eastern. 1
Timing’s in play here. The heavyweight, rapidly-expanding “AI infrastructure” stocks have been jittery, swinging hard on shifts in rate outlooks. On Monday, though, things brightened—U.S. tech names pulled the broader market up. “A kind of buy-the-dip mentality,” is how Oliver Pursche at Wealthspire Advisors put it, with investors eyeing Wednesday’s U.S. payrolls and Friday’s inflation print. 2
After the 4 p.m. close, trading moves into the after-hours session. Liquidity drops, so price moves can stretch beyond what you’d see during regular hours. Traders jump in here to tweak positions ahead of earnings.
Vertiv’s lineup includes power and thermal management equipment for data centers and essential sites, plus related software and services to keep those systems running. 3
Technical investors are zeroing in on Vertiv as momentum builds. On Monday, Investor’s Business Daily reported the stock’s Relative Strength rating jumped to 91, marking its 52-week performance against the broader market. 4
Those listening to the earnings call will zero in on a handful of straightforward issues: are customers still shelling out for power and cooling, are lead times and supply chain snags letting up, and what’s management saying about the order book for 2026? In this segment, what they say about guidance can easily outweigh the actual earnings figure.
Vertiv’s latest comments will get measured side by side with what other players in electrical equipment and data-center infrastructure have to say, as investors hunt for evidence that project demand is spreading past just the top cloud clients.
Expectations? Through the roof. Shares could drop fast if there’s even a whiff of slower order intake, softer margins, or clients delaying data-center projects — all the more so if bond yields climb on hotter-than-expected inflation data.
Wednesday morning brings the results and management call. Then, attention turns to Friday’s U.S. inflation report—a release that could rattle the outlook for rate-sensitive growth stocks.
