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MODModine Manufacturing
Cooling systems; the cheaper, less-covered Vertiv alternative.
Plate I — Pillar-Purity Score
8/ 10
Liquid-cooling beneficiary earlier in its re-rating.
Methodology — How we score
Plate II — The Thesis
Why it’s on the list.
Modine is the under-followed cooling play: smaller multiple than Vertiv, same liquid-cooling tailwind. The thesis is valuation compression closing as DC segment revenue grows.
Plate III — Supply Chain
Upstream & downstream.
See the full chain plate for all 37 names.
Upstream — what feeds MOD
Top of chain within our coverage.
Downstream — where MOD feeds into
Plate IV — Thesis Breakers
What would invalidate this.
- Risk 01Legacy HVAC drag persists
- Risk 02Loss of key DC account
Plate V — Also on the Steel plate
Siblings by pillar.
- VRTScore 10Power and cooling infrastructure; leader in liquid cooling for dense AI racks.
- ANETScore 9High-performance Ethernet switching for AI clusters; Nvidia-networking challenger.
- SMCIScore 9Server integrator; Nvidia's preferred rack-scale system builder (governance risk noted).
- EQIXScore 8Largest global colo REIT; interconnection hub between clouds, carriers, and enterprises.
- DLRScore 8Number two colo REIT; hyperscale wholesale exposure across six continents.
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