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VRT vs WSO

Side-by-side comparison of Vertiv Holdings LLC (VRT) and Watsco Inc. (WSO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • VRT operates in Technology, while WSO operates in Consumer Discretionary - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • VRT is the larger of the two at $115.43B, about 7.6x WSO ($15.10B).
  • Over the past year, VRT is up 168.2% and WSO is down 16.5% - VRT leads by 184.7 points.
  • VRT has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for WSO).
  • VRT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 16 for WSO).
PerformanceVRT+168.25%WSO-16.50%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricVRTWSO
Company
Vertiv Holdings LLC
Watsco Inc.
Price
$300.49-7.22%
$371.28+0.63%
Market cap
$115.43B
$15.10B
1M return
-16.27%
-14.23%
1Y return
+168.25%
-16.50%
Industry
Industrial Machinery/Components
Industrial Machinery/Components
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2018
News (4w)
6
1
Recent ratings
25
16
VRT

Vertiv Holdings LLC

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers power management products, uninterruptible power systems, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing these products and their related systems. It offers its products primarily under the Liebert, NetSure, Geist, and Avocent brands. The company serves social media, financial services, healthcare, transportation, retail, education, and government industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

WSO

Watsco Inc.

Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment; and related parts and supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. It offers residential ducted and ductless air conditioners, including gas, electric, and oil furnaces; commercial air conditioning and heating equipment systems; and other specialized equipment. The company also provides parts comprising replacement compressors, evaporator coils, motors, and other component parts; and supplies, such as thermostats, insulation materials, refrigerants, ductworks, grills, registers, sheet metals, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tapes, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies, as well as plumbing and bathroom remodeling supplies. It serves contractors and dealers that service the replacement and new construction markets for residential and light commercial central air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems. In addition, the company exports its products to Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Watsco, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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