Vertex (VERX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Vertex recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.89% in Q1 2026, down 643.93% quarter-over-quarter from 0.35% in Q4 2025, and down 288.0% year-over-year from 1.0% in Q1 2025.
Vertex's Return on Capital Employed history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.89% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 288.0% year-over-year to 1.89%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.89% (down 288.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.36%, up 27.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.89% for Q1 2026 at Vertex, down from 0.35% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.29% in Q3 2024 to a low of 6.36% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 1.97% and a median of 0.84% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2941 bps in 2022 and jumped 765 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Vertex's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.74% in 2022, then sank by 114 bps to 5.85% in 2023, then surged by 101 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 455 bps to 0.35% in 2025, then sank by 644 bps to 1.89% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 1.89%, 0.35%, and 0.8% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Vertex | 1.10 Bn | 851.72 Mn | 124.87 Mn | -1.89% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.89% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.74% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.06% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.33% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -3.22% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -5.85% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -6.36% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -5.86% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -5.82% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.74% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.64% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.76% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.28% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 28.57% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 13.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.71% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -9.18% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -82.44% |