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Vertex (Vertex) Quick Ratio : 0.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vertex Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Vertex's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.60.

Vertex has a quick ratio of 0.60. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VERX' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.59   Max: 1.38
Current: 0.6

During the past 6 years, Vertex's highest Quick Ratio was 1.38. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.59.

VERX's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
88.25% of 2835 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs VERX: 0.60

Vertex Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vertex Quick Ratio Chart

Vertex Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.49 1.38 0.53 0.60 0.60

Vertex Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Quick Ratio 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 0.55 0.54 0.55 0.60 0.60

Competitive Comparison of Vertex's Quick Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Vertex's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Vertex's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex's Quick Ratio falls into.



Vertex Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Vertex's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(266.621-0)/440.779
=0.60

Vertex's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(266.836-0)/442.504
=0.60

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Vertex  (NAS:VERX) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Vertex (Vertex) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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