Vertex (VERX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Vertex (VERX) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -2.06% in Q2 2026, down 0.93 percentage points from -1.13% a year earlier and down 0.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vertex (VERX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Vertex reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 0.36%, up 0.88 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +87.85 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -0.52% in FY2024 (+5.34 pp), -5.86% in FY2023 (-3.09 pp), -2.77% in FY2022 (-1.57 pp) and -1.20% in FY2021 (+86.29 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.29 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 82.28 percentage points in Q3 2021, against a drop of 4.83 percentage points in Q3 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -1.89% (Q1 2026), 0.35% (Q4 2025) and -1.18% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 407.96 Bn | 372.79 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 30.95% |
| 2 | Oracle | 352.42 Bn | 224.55 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 276.89 Bn | 204.29 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 34.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 176.49 Bn | 132.36 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.63 Bn | 108.43 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -53.96% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 107.67 Bn | 86.93 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.48% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.37 Bn | 72.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.28 Bn | 72.37 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.66 Bn | 37.80 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -30.53% |
| 10 | Vertex | 2.80 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 140.21 Mn | -2.91% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -2.91% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -2.06% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.89% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.13% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.35% |
| 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 | -1.52% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.41% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.01% |
API Access
Vertex Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=VERX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "VERX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=VERX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();