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Vertex (Vertex) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.21% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vertex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Vertex's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,922.0 Mil. Vertex's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.1 Mil. Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.21%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

VERX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.36   Med: -0.46   Max: -0.01
Current: -0.2

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vertex was -0.01%. The lowest was -3.36%. And the median was -0.46%.

VERX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
59.53% of 2864 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.315 vs VERX: -0.20

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Vertex's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Vertex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Vertex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Vertex Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -2.18 -0.13 -0.38 -0.42

Vertex Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.56 -0.58 -0.52 -0.42 -0.21

Competitive Comparison of Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Vertex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Vertexs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-17.51/4128.579
=-0.42 %

Vertex's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-10.1 Mil.



Vertex  (NAS:VERX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Vertex (Vertex) Business Description

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Address
2301 Renaissance Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA, USA, 19406
Vertex Inc is a provider of tax technology and services. It enables companies to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions to specific industries for every line of tax, including income, sales, consumer use, value-added, and payroll. The company offers solutions such as tax determination, Tax Data Management, document management, and compliance and reporting among others. The company derives revenue from software subscriptions.
Executives
John R Schwab officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NCO GROUP, INC., 507 PRUDENTIAL ROAD, HORSHAM PA 19044
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Jacob J. Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Anne Marie Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Eric C. Andersen director C/O AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC., 111 W. CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV 25414
Jeffery Westphal director, 10 percent owner C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Kyle R. Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Tensile Capital Management Lp 10 percent owner 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 255, LARKSPUR CA 94939
John Richard Stamm director C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Lisa Butler officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
David Destefano director, officer: President & CEO C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Rowland Bryan T.r. officer: General Counsel 101 WOLF DRIVE, THOROFARE NJ 08086
Kevin L Robert director 501 KANSAS AVENUE, KANSAS CITY KS 66105
Philip Seth Saunders director 13 MAPLE KNOLL LANE, MANALAPAN NJ 07726
Amanda Westphal Radcliffe director, 10 percent owner C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Bradley M Gayton director ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA 30313