VERX vs NICE vs TRI Stock Comparison

Vertex, Nice and Thomson Reuters Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VERX Vertex, Inc.
$14.81 +33.9% 1M -41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.38B
P/E
666.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$787.44M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
1 win
NICE NICE Ltd.
$118.09 +8.3% 1M -13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$7.15B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins
TRI Thomson Reuters Corp /Can/
$116.09 +19.3% 1M -28.3% 1Y
Market cap
$52.14B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.83B
Div. yield
-0.01%
Compliance Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Nice leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nice 5, Thomson Reuters 4, Vertex 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVERXNICETRILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.38B $7.15B $52.14B TRI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 666.1x 7.5x 32.2x NICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 10.8x 26.0x NICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.8% +22.9% +7.0% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.5% 16.2% 20.7% TRI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.1x — 1.2x VERX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% -0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.0% -13.7% -28.3% NICE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr -16.0%/yr -1.5%/yr TRI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.3% 55.3% 51.8% TRI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 57/100 56/100 NICE

Percentile Scorecard

VERXNICETRI

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

AxisVERXNICETRI
Valuation 40 #61 of 101 100 #1 of 29 51 #50 of 101
Growth 76 #24 of 97 73 #8 of 27 25 #73 of 97
Profitability 54 #44 of 94 80 #6 of 26 99 #2 of 94
Financial Health 35 #71 of 108 30 #22 of 31 66 #37 of 108
Shareholder Returns 41 #38 of 64 0 #17 of 17 40 #39 of 64
Overall 49 57 56
  • VERX ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • TRI ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodVERXNICETRISPY
1 month +33.9%+8.3%+19.3% +0.9%
3 months +11.2%+12.4%+9.2% +5.9%
6 months +20.7%+15.9%+24.4% +8.5%
Year to date -25.8%+4.5%-12.0% +13.3%
1 year -41.0%-13.7%-28.3% +12.4%
3 years -34.9%-22.4%-1.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -13.4%-8.1%-0.5% +23.5%
5 years -28.9%-58.3%-7.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -6.6%-16.0%-1.5% +11.0%
10 years —+77.8%+183.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+5.9%+11.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureVERXNICETRISPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.3%55.3%51.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.6%59.2%52.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.450.220.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.66-0.25-0.55 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1%-73.6%-64.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.0%-13.7%-28.3% -0.9%
52-week high $25.11$136.90$161.88 $779.14
52-week low $10.58$83.15$76.55 $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.

MultipleVERXNICETRI
P/E now vs peer median 668.4xmedian 27.6x 7.7xmedian 31.0x 32.1xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.7x 1.2xmedian 2.5x 6.6xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.4xmedian 17.4x 4.4xmedian 11.2x 25.7xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 47.3xmedian 15.8x 6.6xmedian 15.6x 16.2xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 3.2x —median 3.2x 4.6xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 23.71median 0.84 0.13median 0.74 3.10median 0.84

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 monthsVERXNICETRI
Revenue $787.44M $5.91B $7.83B
Gross profit $503.58M $3.89B –
Operating income -$13.34M $1.14B $2.33B
Net income $3.58M $955.10M $1.68B
Free cash flow $50.48M $1.08B $3.19B
R&D $91.60M $745.97M –
EPS (diluted) $0.02 $15.08 $3.61
Cash & equivalents $230.49M $315.38M $577.00M
Total debt $1.35B – $3.26B
Shares (diluted) 161.39M 63.32M 449.53M
Enterprise value $1.24B $5.62B $48.92B

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
MetricVERXNICETRI
P/E 668.4x 7.7x 32.1x
P/FCF 47.3x 6.6x 16.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.8x 5.2x 17.9x
P/S 3.0x 1.2x 6.6x
P/B 9.9x – 4.6x
P/Tangible book 10.0x – 6.4x
EV/EBITDA 25.4x 4.4x 25.7x
EV/EBIT -187.2x 6.0x 23.3x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 1.1x 6.9x
EV/FCF 49.5x 6.3x 17.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.4x 5.0x 18.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 23.71 0.13 3.10

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVERXNICETRI
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.8% 22.9% 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 50.0% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.0% 21.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 48.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -75.9% 16.2% 9.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 55.1% -0.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 107.1% 5.6% 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.3% 56.6% -6.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 107.0% 9.2% 8.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.2% 59.1% 10.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.1% -1.4% 14.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 59.1% 10.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4,078% -16.3% 13.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 78.9% 38.2% 9.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVERXNICETRI
Gross margin 64.0% 65.8% –
EBITDA margin 12.5% 26.2% 26.9%
Operating margin -1.7% 19.2% 29.7%
Pretax margin -1.2% 21.3% 46.5%
Net margin 0.5% 16.2% 20.7%
FCF margin 6.4% 18.3% 40.7%
Operating cash flow margin 22.0% 23.1% 36.9%
Return on equity 1.5% – –
Return on assets 0.3% 18.9% –
Return on invested capital 0.0% – –
Return on capital employed -2.1% 28.8% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.2x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 48.6x 1.4x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 7.2% 5.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVERXNICETRI
Debt / assets 28.0% – 18.0%
Debt / equity 1.4x – 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x – 1.2x
Debt / FCF 6.7x – 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 80.1% – 38.5%
Equity / assets 19.9% – 61.5%
Interest coverage – – 116.5x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.3x 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.1x -2.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.98 – 5.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVERXNICETRI
Dividend yield – – 3.5%
Net buyback yield 1.9% -19.5% -2.2%
Shareholder yield 1.9% -19.5% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 30.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 16.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -10.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -8.5%

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.

ConsensusVERXNICETRI
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 10.8xFY2026 26.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.78FY2026 $10.91FY2026 $4.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.9%FY2026 -11.3%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.5% +19.1% +8.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $795.75MFY2026 $3.32BFY2026 $7.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +3.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.3% -2.0% +15.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVERXNICETRI
Held by institutions 93.3% 56.3% 90.1%
Institutions holding 229 320 421
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0% +7.0% +0.6%
Institutions buying 135 145 408
Institutions selling 69 131 9
Buyers to sellers 1.96 1.11 45.33

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.

VERXNICETRI
VERX 1.00 0.50 0.65
NICE 0.50 1.00 0.46
TRI 0.65 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VERX, NICE and TRI?

Thomson Reuters (TRI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Vertex (VERX) $2.38B, Nice (NICE) $7.15B, Thomson Reuters (TRI) $52.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, VERX, NICE and TRI?

Nice (NICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Vertex (VERX) 666.1x, Nice (NICE) 7.5x, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 32.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nice (NICE) is cheapest (Vertex (VERX) 19.0x, Nice (NICE) 10.8x, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 26.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nice (NICE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Vertex (VERX) +10.8%, Nice (NICE) +22.9%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Thomson Reuters (TRI) has the highest net margin (Vertex (VERX) 0.5%, Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 20.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nice (NICE) returned the most: Vertex (VERX) -41.0%, Nice (NICE) -13.7%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) -28.3%. Over five years, Thomson Reuters (TRI) compounded fastest (Vertex (VERX) -6.6%/yr, Nice (NICE) -16.0%/yr, Thomson Reuters (TRI) -1.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Thomson Reuters (TRI) has been the steadiest (Vertex (VERX) 62.3%, Nice (NICE) 55.3%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 51.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VERX, NICE and TRI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nice (NICE) leads on 5. 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.