---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-004432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T05:03:24.418055+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv Q4 net sales $1,655M (+17% YoY); record backlog $4.8B; raises 2023 adj. op. profit guidance to $750-800M

## Summary
- Q4 2022 net sales $1,655M (+17.3% YoY); organic growth 22%; operating profit $162M vs. loss of $4M a year ago.
- Adjusted operating profit $211M (+$117M YoY); price realization $135M; net price-cost tailwind $80M in Q4.
- Record backlog $4.8B (+49% YoY); orders adjusted for FX declined 15% YoY but up 7% sequentially.
- FY 2023 guidance: net sales $6,450-6,600M (15% organic growth); adj. op. profit $750-800M (up ~76% at midpoint).
- Q1 2023 guidance: net sales $1,350-1,450M; adj. op. profit $115-135M; adj. free cash flow ($100M)-($50M).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-004432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023004432/0001628280-23-004432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023004432/vrt-20230222.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-004432.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Vertiv Holdings Co reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $1,655 million. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $1,655 million
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Vertiv reported fourth quarter net sales of $1,655 million, an increase of $244 million, or 17.3%, compared with last year’s fourth quarter and a 22.0% organic net sales increase (1), which excludes the impact of foreign currency, acquisitions and divestitures.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023004432/0001628280-23-004432-index.htm

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