nVent Electric plc

NVT Trades at Premium Valuation: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?

nVent Electric (NVT) is experiencing strong demand from AI-driven data center investments and power utilities, with expectations for data center sales to exceed $2 billion in 2026. The company is expanding capacity and seeing infrastructure grow to nearly 60% of sales. Despite trading at a premium valuation (P/E of 24.65X), analyst estimates for 2026 and 2027 EPS have been revised upward by 10.1% and 9.9% respectively, with the stock outperforming peers year-to-date.