nVent Electric

NVT

Market cap $17.6B

We love exciting spectacles. We should — but don't always — also appreciate behind the scenes grunt work that although seemingly dull, is indispensable to making the spectacle possible. That's so in the business world too. We see lots of exciting tech nowadays, especially with AI. But don't underestimate the boring backstage stuff that makes it possible. nVent Electric, spun off from Pentair in 2018, is known for producing a lot of these yawn-worthy necessities: connectors for wires and cables, and enclosures to safeguard them.

This data center cooling systems stock is back below a buy point of a double-bottom base. It is an Nvidia partner.

Shares of U.S. heating, ventilation and air conditioning-related companies dropped on Tuesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the company's upcoming chips could significantly reduce cooling requirements in data centers.

Both nVent Electric and Amphenol benefit from AI infrastructure spending, but margin pressure at NVT contrasts with APH's rapid growth.

PNR, NVT, CNP, VAC and PCG stand out as dividend payers as market volatility persists, with each company recently announcing higher shareholder payouts.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--nVent Electric plc (NYSE: NVT) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.21 per ordinary share for the first quarter of 2026, which represents an increase of 5% over the prior quarterly dividend of US$0.20 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on February 6, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 23, 2026. About nVent nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and pr.

NVT rides surging AI data center demand as liquid cooling orders, backlog strength and new capacity fuel multi-year growth.

nVent Electric plc (NVT) Presents at Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference 2025 Transcript

nVent Electric jumps 14% in three months as booming data center and power utility demand lift sales, orders and guidance heading into 2026.

Shares of Teradyne advanced sharply as investors cheered the company's robust earnings and outlook for Teradyne's artificial intelligence compute testing business. We initiated a position in this customer relationship management software company because it enjoys a dominant market share and a wide competitive moat. We exited our position in nVent. It rallied on the prospect of increasing data center demand, pushing the stock above what we viewed as its fair value.