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nVent Electric plc

NVTNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryElectrical Equipment & Parts

Beta (adjusted)1.25

Intrinsic Value $141.49median of 6 methods · middle span $77-$482based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $160.37Price as of 30 Sep 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 12% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $26B

Enterprise Value $27.2B

Shares Outstanding 163.3M diluted

Moat Rating Narrow

Next Earnings Date30 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend24 Jul 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

nVent has exceptional operating momentum, led by AI-related data-center infrastructure: second-quarter 2026 organic sales increased 47% and adjusted EPS reached $1.45, while management raised full-year organic-growth guidance to 32%-34% and adjusted-EPS guidance to $5.00-$5.10. The strategic runway is reinforced by more than two gigawatts of deployed liquid cooling, another manufacturing expansion and three-year targets of 10%-13% organic sales CAGR and 17%-20% adjusted EPS CAGR. The proposed Maverick Power acquisition broadens nVent from connection, protection and cooling into data-center power distribution, but introduces regulatory, integration and debt-financing exposure.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets15 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$131.00

Mean target$202.73

High · most bullish analyst$240.00

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$131.0019%

Data-center project timing or backlog conversion weakens enough to miss the lower bounds of 2026 organic-growth or adjusted-EPS guidance; tariffs and input costs pressure operating leverage; the new liquid-cooling facility is delayed; or Maverick encounters closing, financing, customer-retention or integration problems. These outcomes would impair confidence in the three-year growth targets.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$202.7357%

Matches the consensus mean

Organic growth moderates from the exceptional second-quarter rate but remains within management's 32%-34% full-year 2026 range, adjusted EPS reaches the $5.00-$5.10 guidance range, and the company advances toward its three-year targets. Maverick closes in the fourth quarter and contributes strategically, while financing and integration costs temper near-term upside.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$240.0024%

AI and high-performance-computing investment sustains demand above nVent's raised 2026 expectations; added liquid-cooling capacity begins production on schedule; and Maverick closes in the fourth quarter, retains its backlog and customers, and proves accretive during the first post-close year. This would support performance at or above the upper ends of management's three-year organic-sales and adjusted-EPS growth targets.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Strong AI-related data-center demand is translating into exceptional growth, including 47% organic sales growth in the second quarter of 2026.
nVent has more than a decade of liquid-cooling experience, has deployed more than two gigawatts and is adding a third capacity expansion in three years.
Maverick Power would add data-center power distribution, approximately $700 million of estimated 2026 revenue and expected first-year adjusted-EPS accretion.

Key Investment Risks

The Maverick transaction requires $1.75 billion of upfront consideration, potentially another $550 million contingent on performance, and funding that includes new debt.
The growth thesis depends heavily on continued AI and data-center infrastructure demand and timely execution of manufacturing-capacity additions.
Management identifies tariffs, input-cost inflation, supply-chain availability, backlog delivery and acquisition integration among factors that could impair expected results.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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