Vertex, Inc. (VERX)Technology | Software - Application | King of Prussia, United States | NasdaqGM
12.35 USD
+0.11
(0.899%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 12.33 -0.02 (-0.022%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:14 a.m. EDT
Sell Vertex (VERX). The company is trapped between a >300x trailing P/E and a shattered trend: -42% off the 200-day average and down 30% in Q3. The 'hot' call activity at 37-strike levels is a disconnect; it represents low-probability lottery tickets in a stock with 99% of analyst target prices clustered much lower. The forecasting models strongly indicate a 11% drop (high negative autocorrelation signals), and the fundamental data shows a deteriorating valuation trap with no dividend safety net. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.296894 |
| AutoTheta | 0.366587 |
| MSTL | 0.366928 |
| AutoETS | 0.368055 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 1.56 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.009 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.79 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 135.475 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.709 |
| Market Cap | 1,975,467,776 |
| Trailing P/E | 308.75 |
| Forward P/E | 14.04 |
| Beta | 0.79 |
| Profit Margins | 0.96% |
| Website | https://www.vertexinc.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with a contrarian outlook. Call Open Interest (OI) is heavily skewed to the upside (16.0 and 19.0 strikes), while Put OI is concentrated at the downside (9.0 and 10.0 strikes). The Implied Volatility landscape is bizarre: ATM IV for calls is reported as 0.00% across the board, suggesting a complete lack of bid/liquidity or a pricing anomaly, whereas deep OTM puts show low IV. However, flow indicates significant call volume at higher strikes (19, 21, 37) versus defensive put buying at lower levels, creating a synthetic bias that speculators may interpret as a hedge in case of a bottom, but the dominant OI weight for calls suggests some attempts at momentum positioning despite the extreme negative statistical forecast.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.67593807 |
| Address1 | 2,301 Renaissance Boulevard |
| All Time High | 60.71 |
| All Time Low | 9.44 |
| Ask | 12.4 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 975,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,153,154 |
| Average Volume | 2,153,154 |
| Average Volume10Days | 975,620 |
| Beta | 0.791 |
| Bid | 12.29 |
| Bid Size | 4 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 1.626 |
| City | King of Prussia |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 12.35 |
| Current Ratio | 0.976 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 12.66 |
| Day Low | 12.24 |
| Debt To Equity | 135.475 |
| Display Name | Vertex |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 11,432,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.015269999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 175.473 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.68 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,006,007,552 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.73729 |
| Eps Forward | 0.87988 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.04 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 13.0484 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.69839954 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.053523768 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -67.5938 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 42.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -30.089998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.70900095 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 10.59 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.7600002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.16619454 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 10.59 - 42.44 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,596,029,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 69,830,849 |
| Forward Eps | 0.87988 |
| Forward P E | 14.036005 |
| Free Cashflow | 67,602,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 2,100 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.64347 |
| Gross Profits | 481,600,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07842 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.1010801 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 159,956,894 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-07-29 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Vertex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise tax technology solutions for retail trade, wholesale trade, and manufacturing industries in the United States and internationally. The company offers transaction determination; compliance and reporting, including workflow management tools; tax data management and document management solutions; analytics and insights; pre-built integration that includes mapping data fields, and business logic and configurations; industry-specific solutions support certain industries for indirect tax needs, such as retail, communications, and leasing; and technology specific solutions, such as chain flow accelerator and SAP-specific tools. It provides implementation services, such as configuration, data migration and implementation, and support and training; E-invoicing, an end-to-end e-invoicing process; and managed services, including indirect tax return preparation, filing and tax payment, and notice management. The company sells its software products through software licenses and software as a service subscription. Vertex, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with xSuite Group GmbH to support SAP customers. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Vertex, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,975,467,776 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_969374 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 7,211,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,975,467,640 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 14 |
| Open | 12.6 |
| Operating Cashflow | 165,543,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0287 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 800 355 3500 |
| Post Market Change | -0.022100449 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.178951 |
| Post Market Price | 12.3279 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,489 |
| Previous Close | 12.24 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.750532 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 7.595326 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.639433 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00963 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.866 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.110001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.898698 |
| Regular Market Day High | 12.66 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 12.24 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 12.24 - 12.66 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.6 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 12.24 |
| Regular Market Price | 12.35 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 980,077 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00243 |
| Return On Equity | 0.03291 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.091 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.709 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 77,801,253 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0583 |
| Shares Short | 9,322,828 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,719,048 |
| Short Name | Vertex, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.121800005 |
| Short Ratio | 5.65 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | VERX |
| Target High Price | 25.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 19.14286 |
| Target Median Price | 19.5 |
| Total Cash | 314,008,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.969 |
| Total Debt | 350,772,000 |
| Total Revenue | 748,444,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.04 |
| Trailing P E | 308.75003 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 21.47275 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -9.122749 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.4248524 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 980,077 |
| Website | https://www.vertexinc.com |
| Zip | 19,406 |