nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.650-0.670 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.670. The company issued revenue guidance of $783.3 million-$798.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $811.5 million. nVent Electric also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.980-3.080 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Barclays upped their target price on shares of nVent Electric from $76.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of nVent Electric from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 14th. Citigroup reduced their target price on nVent Electric from $91.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on nVent Electric from $80.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $86.17.

nVent Electric Price Performance

Shares of NYSE NVT opened at $63.68 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 1.83. nVent Electric has a fifty-two week low of $56.44 and a fifty-two week high of $86.57. The stock has a market cap of $10.50 billion, a PE ratio of 18.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 1.26. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $71.36 and a 200-day moving average of $70.44.

nVent Electric Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be given a $0.20 dividend. This is a positive change from nVent Electric’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. nVent Electric’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.46%.

Insider Buying and Selling at nVent Electric

In other nVent Electric news, Director Jerry W. Burris sold 6,558 shares of nVent Electric stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total transaction of $524,640.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 45,040 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,603,200. The trade was a 12.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sara E. Zawoyski sold 14,505 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.76, for a total value of $1,113,403.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 62,215 shares in the company, valued at $4,775,623.40. This trade represents a 18.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

About nVent Electric

nVent Electric plc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, installs, and services electrical connection and protection solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Enclosures, Electrical & Fastening Solutions, and Thermal Management.