nVent Electric (NVT) Valuation After Raised 2025 Guidance and Growing AI Infrastructure Exposure

nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) heads into its Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference appearance with momentum, after lifting 2025 guidance on stronger data center and utility demand and a rising role in AI infrastructure hardware.

See our latest analysis for nVent Electric.

The guidance hike comes after a powerful run, with a roughly 58% year to date share price return and a 3 year total shareholder return near 186%. This suggests momentum is still building as investors lean into the AI infrastructure story.

If nVent’s move has you rethinking where growth could come from next, this is a good moment to explore high growth tech and AI stocks and see which other names are quietly lining up behind the data center and AI buildout.

With shares already up sharply and trading only modestly below analyst targets, is nVent still flying under the radar on its AI and grid exposure, or are investors now fully pricing in the next leg of growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 10.9% Undervalued

With nVent Electric last closing at $108.27, the most widely followed narrative sees room for upside, anchored in aggressive data center and electrification growth assumptions.

The rapid acceleration in global electrification, digitalization, and the surge in AI-driven data center and power utility infrastructure is leading to record new orders and a backlog more than four times higher than a year ago, with visibility into 2026 and beyond. This sets the stage for sustained revenue growth and increases the likelihood of multi-year topline outperformance.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how stronger margins, faster growth, and a rich future earnings multiple can still point to upside from here? The full narrative reveals the exact growth runway, profitability shift, and valuation reset that underpin this fair value call.

Result: Fair Value of $121.54 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, sustained upside still hinges on AI data center capex staying elevated and recent acquisitions integrating smoothly without eroding margins or free cash flow.

Find out about the key risks to this nVent Electric narrative.

Another Angle on Valuation

While the narrative pegs fair value around $121.54, a simple earnings lens tells a tougher story. At roughly 59 times earnings, nVent trades far above US Electrical peers at 31.2 times and a fair ratio of 33.8 times. This implies the stock could be priced for perfection rather than mispriced opportunity.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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