VERX vs Peers Stock Comparison

Vertex Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VERX Vertex, Inc.
$15.17 +33.4% 1M -40.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.41B
P/E
673.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$787.44M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology

Percentile Scorecard

VERX

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

AxisVERX
Valuation 41 #61 of 102
Growth 77 #23 of 98
Profitability 55 #43 of 95
Financial Health 34 #72 of 109
Shareholder Returns 40 #39 of 64
Overall 49
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Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodVERXSPY
1 month +33.4% -0.8%
3 months +20.0% +3.5%
6 months +20.8% +7.0%
Year to date -24.0% +12.2%
1 year -40.3% +13.0%
3 years -33.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -12.7% +23.1%
5 years -21.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -4.7% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureVERXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.65 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.9% -1.8%
52-week high $25.66 $779.14
52-week low $10.58 $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.

MultipleVERX
P/E now vs peer median 684.6xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 48.5xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 24.29median 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 monthsVERX
Revenue $787.44M
Gross profit $503.58M
Operating income -$13.34M
Net income $3.58M
Free cash flow $50.48M
R&D $91.60M
EPS (diluted) $0.02
Cash & equivalents $230.49M
Total debt $1.35B
Shares (diluted) 161.39M
Enterprise value $1.27B

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
MetricVERX
P/E 684.6x
P/FCF 48.5x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x
P/S 3.1x
P/B 10.2x
P/Tangible book 10.3x
EV/EBITDA 26.0x
EV/EBIT -191.6x
EV/Revenue 3.2x
EV/FCF 50.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 24.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVERX
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -75.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 107.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 107.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4,078%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 78.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVERX
Gross margin 64.0%
EBITDA margin 12.5%
Operating margin -1.7%
Pretax margin -1.2%
Net margin 0.5%
FCF margin 6.4%
Operating cash flow margin 22.0%
Return on equity 1.5%
Return on assets 0.3%
Return on invested capital 0.0%
Return on capital employed -2.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 48.6x
Stock comp / revenue 7.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVERX
Debt / assets 28.0%
Debt / equity 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x
Debt / FCF 6.7x
Liabilities / assets 80.1%
Equity / assets 19.9%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVERX
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 1.9%
Shareholder yield 1.9%
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.

ConsensusVERX
Forward P/E 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $795.75MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVERX
Held by institutions 93.3%
Institutions holding 229
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0%
Institutions buying 135
Institutions selling 69
Buyers to sellers 1.96

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