AEYE vs VERX vs CLVT Stock Comparison

Audioeye, Vertex and Clarivate Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AEYE Audioeye Inc
$10.14 +47.8% 1M -28.9% 1Y
Market cap
$128.53M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$42.73M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
2 wins
VERX Vertex, Inc.
$14.80 +30.2% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.39B
P/E
667.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$787.44M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
6 wins
CLVT Clarivate Plc
$1.82 +2.8% 1M -50.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.16B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.41B
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Vertex leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Vertex 6, Clarivate 2, Audioeye 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEYEVERXCLVTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $128.53M $2.39B $1.16B VERX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -42.0x 667.9x -3.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.7x 19.0x 2.5x CLVT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.1% +10.8% -3.5% VERX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.1% 0.5% -13.8% VERX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% -0.9% VERX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 1.1x 6.0x VERX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -28.9% -42.3% -50.8% AEYE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.3%/yr -6.3%/yr -39.8%/yr AEYE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 78.8% 62.4% 74.7% VERX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 49/100 57/100 CLVT

Percentile Scorecard

AEYEVERXCLVT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAEYEVERXCLVT
Valuation 45 #56 of 101 40 #61 of 101 94 #7 of 101
Growth 77 #23 of 97 76 #24 of 97 30 #68 of 97
Profitability 48 #49 of 94 55 #43 of 94 45 #52 of 94
Financial Health 30 #76 of 108 34 #72 of 108 27 #79 of 108
Shareholder Returns 33 #43 of 64 40 #39 of 64 89 #8 of 64
Overall 47 49 57
  • AEYE ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • VERX ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • CLVT ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAEYEVERXCLVTSPY
1 month +47.8%+30.2%+2.8% -0.2%
3 months +67.1%+11.8%-24.8% +3.9%
6 months +41.8%+17.2%-27.5% +8.2%
Year to date +1.5%-25.9%-45.5% +12.9%
1 year -28.9%-42.3%-50.8% +12.3%
3 years +156.7%-35.0%-71.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +37.0%-13.4%-34.1% +23.3%
5 years -1.5%-27.8%-92.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.3%-6.3%-39.8% +10.9%
10 years +189.7%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +11.2%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAEYEVERXCLVTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 78.8%62.4%74.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.2%63.5%72.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.960.440.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.68-0.68 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.9%-82.1%-94.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.0%-42.3%-51.6% -1.2%
52-week high $15.37$25.66$3.76 $779.14
52-week low $5.40$10.58$1.45 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAEYEVERXCLVT
P/E now vs peer median -42.0xmedian 28.3x 667.9xmedian 28.3x -3.5xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.8x 3.0xmedian 2.8x 0.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 70.7xmedian 17.3x 25.4xmedian 17.3x 7.7xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.8xmedian 15.8x 47.3xmedian 15.8x 3.6xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 25.3xmedian 3.2x 9.9xmedian 3.2x 0.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -1.53median 0.85 23.69median 0.85 -0.06median 0.85

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAEYEVERXCLVT
Revenue $42.73M $787.44M $2.41B
Gross profit $34.08M $503.58M $1.61B
Operating income -$2.04M -$13.34M -$84.60M
Net income -$3.04M $3.58M -$334.00M
Free cash flow $6.51M $50.48M $327.60M
R&D $3.97M $91.60M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.23 $0.02 $-0.52
Cash & equivalents $9.33M $230.49M $217.70M
Total debt $16.23M $1.35B $4.21B
Shares (diluted) 12.97M 161.39M 639.40M
Enterprise value $96.64M $1.25B $56.45M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAEYEVERXCLVT
P/E -42.0x 667.9x -3.5x
P/FCF 19.8x 47.3x 3.6x
P/Operating cash flow 19.6x 13.8x 2.0x
P/S 3.0x 3.0x 0.5x
P/B 25.3x 9.9x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -22.4x 10.0x -0.4x
EV/EBITDA 70.7x 25.4x 7.7x
EV/EBIT -66.4x -187.1x -61.0x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 3.2x 2.1x
EV/FCF 20.8x 49.4x 15.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.6x 14.4x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.53 23.69 -0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEYEVERXCLVT
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1% 10.8% -3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.1% 14.1% -2.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.6% 9.0% -2.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 15.8% -1.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.8% -75.9% -55.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.9% 8.2% 72.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.4% 107.1% 22.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.2% 28.3% 56.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.2% 107.0% 17.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 28.2% 56.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 135.8% 21.1% -9.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 103.5% 47.3% -7.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 139.4% 4,078% -5.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 93.7% 78.9% -13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEYEVERXCLVT
Gross margin 79.8% 64.0% 66.8%
EBITDA margin 4.5% 12.5% 27.6%
Operating margin -4.8% -1.7% -3.5%
Pretax margin -4.8% -1.2% -14.0%
Net margin -7.1% 0.5% -13.8%
FCF margin 15.2% 6.4% 13.6%
Operating cash flow margin 15.4% 22.0% 23.8%
Return on equity -49.2% 1.5% -7.2%
Return on assets -5.9% 0.3% -3.1%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% -0.9%
Return on capital employed -9.5% -2.1% -0.9%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.6x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.2x 48.6x -1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 11.7% 7.2% 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEYEVERXCLVT
Debt / assets 47.8% 28.0% 40.2%
Debt / equity 3.2x 1.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.6x 1.1x 6.0x
Debt / FCF 2.5x 6.7x 12.9x
Liabilities / assets 85.0% 80.1% 56.7%
Equity / assets 15.0% 19.9% 43.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.2x 0.9x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -0.53 1.98 -0.75

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEYEVERXCLVT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 1.1% 1.9% 12.3%
Shareholder yield 1.1% 1.9% 12.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAEYEVERXCLVT
Forward P/E 10.7xFY2026 19.0xFY2026 2.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.95FY2026 $0.78FY2026 $0.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.9%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.6% +38.5% +11.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $45.31MFY2026 $795.75MFY2026 $2.19BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.4%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 -11.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.7% +17.3% +6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEYEVERXCLVT
Held by institutions 34.0% 93.3% 91.1%
Institutions holding 87 229 242
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.0% -7.0% +1.7%
Institutions buying 52 135 129
Institutions selling 24 69 81
Buyers to sellers 2.17 1.96 1.59

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AEYEVERXCLVT
AEYE 1.00 0.28 0.14
VERX 0.28 1.00 0.52
CLVT 0.14 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEYE, VERX and CLVT?

Vertex (VERX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Audioeye (AEYE) $128.53M, Vertex (VERX) $2.39B, Clarivate (CLVT) $1.16B.

Which company is growing faster?

Vertex (VERX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Audioeye (AEYE) +8.1%, Vertex (VERX) +10.8%, Clarivate (CLVT) -3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vertex (VERX) has the highest net margin (Audioeye (AEYE) -7.1%, Vertex (VERX) 0.5%, Clarivate (CLVT) -13.8%). On return on invested capital, Vertex (VERX) leads (Vertex (VERX) 0.0%, Clarivate (CLVT) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Audioeye (AEYE) returned the most: Audioeye (AEYE) -28.9%, Vertex (VERX) -42.3%, Clarivate (CLVT) -50.8%. Over five years, Audioeye (AEYE) compounded fastest (Audioeye (AEYE) -0.3%/yr, Vertex (VERX) -6.3%/yr, Clarivate (CLVT) -39.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vertex (VERX) has been the steadiest (Audioeye (AEYE) 78.8%, Vertex (VERX) 62.4%, Clarivate (CLVT) 74.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEYE, VERX and CLVT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vertex (VERX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.