nVent Electric raised its full-year sales and earnings outlook on Oct. 30, 2026, after third-quarter sales rose 44%, giving infrastructure customers and suppliers a stronger demand signal from the electrical connection and protection business.

Rapid News Brief — Sales reached $1.515 billion, compared with $1.054 billion a year earlier. Organic sales also increased 44%, excluding acquisition and currency effects, according to the company’s SEC-disclosed release. The results cover continuing operations unless otherwise stated.

Infrastructure leads, with the acquisition arriving later

Chief Executive Beth Wozniak said all end-market verticals delivered double-digit sales growth, led by infrastructure. She attributed approximately 30 percentage points of growth to new products.

Wozniak also said nVent closed its Maverick Power acquisition on Oct. 1, adding a power-distribution platform and broadening its data-center exposure. That closing date falls after the reported quarter, which ended Sept. 30. The acquisition should not be presented as the source of the quarter’s organic sales increase.

Reported operating income rose to $282 million from about $166 million. Adjusted operating income was $335 million, compared with $213 million. These are separate measures of the same business, not amounts to combine. Operating cash flow rose to $303 million from $272 million.

A higher annual target

RTTNews separately reported the higher outlook: nVent now expects full-year reported sales growth of 48% to 49%, compared with its earlier 37% to 39% range. Expected organic growth increased to 38% to 39%, from 32% to 34%.

The adjusted earnings forecast rose to $5.36 to $5.39 a share, from $5 to $5.10. Quarterly reported earnings were $1.23 a share, while adjusted earnings were $1.52.

For the fourth quarter, management projects reported sales growth of 45% to 48% and organic growth of 26% to 29%. Those forecasts describe different growth measures and should remain separate from the completed third-quarter results.

For procurement and operating teams, the practical distinction is between demand already recorded, an acquisition completed after quarter-end and management’s expectations for subsequent deliveries. The release does not establish lead times for an individual customer’s equipment order.