Vertex (VERX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Vertex has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 1.89% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.89%, down 288.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.89% (down 288.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result 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.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.84% (2022), against an average of 1.97%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 2941 bps in 2022 and soared 765 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Vertex's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.74% in 2022, then slumped by 114 bps to 5.85% in 2023, then jumped by 101 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then jumped by 455 bps to 0.35% in 2025, then slumped by 644 bps to 1.89% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.89% (Q1 2026), 0.35% (Q4 2025), and 0.8% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.