vertiv holdings cos shares were under pressure wednesday after the digital infrastructure said it anticipated a strong second half but shifted the forecast range for fullyear adjusted earnings lower and tightened its sales guidance in morning trading the stock was 82 lower at 1081 widening the drop so far this year to 57 vertiv which brings together hardware software and analytics said it was being squeezed by foreign exchange movements additional inflation higher fixed costs due to the timing of a planned rampup in the second half and other headwinds though endmarket demand continued to be strong price realization remains on plan and supply constraints have started top ease it added the company said it now expects adjusted pershare earnings of between 61 cents and 67 cents a share for 2022 compared with a previous target of 67 cents to 77 cents a share sales for the year are now expected at 57 billion to 577 billion compared to prior guidance of 56 billion to 58 billion for the third quarter the company cut its adjusted pershare earnings forecast to 20 cents to 26 cents from 31 cents previously and its target for sales to 146 billion to 15 billion from 153 billion vertiv backed its forecast for fourthquarter adjusted pershare earnings of 39 cents and widened its expectation for sales to 168 billion to 172 billion from 168 billion previously the company said demand continued to be strong in the second quarter with orders up 17 from last year and sales for the three months rising to 14 billion from 126 billion to beat the factset consensus expectation for 133 billion earnings for the recent quarter rose to 5 cents a share from 3 cents last year better than the loss of 5 cents a share expected by analysts