In the past week, VERX stock has gone down by -22.53%, with a monthly decline of -42.57% and a quarterly plunge of -39.12%. The volatility ratio for the week is 8.16%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.72% for Vertex Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -26.62% for VERX stock, with a simple moving average of -23.22% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Vertex Inc (NASDAQ: VERX) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.87. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for VERX is 63.86M, and at present, short sellers hold a 9.48% of that float. On March 05, 2025, the average trading volume of VERX was 1.14M shares.
VERX) stock’s latest price update
Vertex Inc (NASDAQ: VERX)’s stock price has plunge by 2.53relation to previous closing price of 32.21. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -22.53% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-02-28 that LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion for the label expansion of KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in combination with ivacaftor for the treatment of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged 2 years and older who have at least one non-class I mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. “We.
Analysts’ Opinion of VERX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VERX stocks, with Stifel repeating the rating for VERX by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for VERX in the upcoming period, according to Stifel is $31 based on the research report published on February 28, 2025 of the current year 2025.
DA Davidson gave a rating of “Buy” to VERX, setting the target price at $62 in the report published on December 31st of the previous year.
VERX Trading at -35.15% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VERX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -45.60% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.72%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 8.16%, as shares sank -42.51% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -38.00% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VERX fell by -22.84%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +3.44% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $45.00. In addition, Vertex Inc saw -38.10% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VERX starting from Gayton Bradley M, who purchase 9,400 shares at the price of $31.85 back on Mar 04 ’25. After this action, Gayton Bradley M now owns 47,535 shares of Vertex Inc, valued at $299,382 using the latest closing price.
ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYL, the 10% Owner of Vertex Inc, sale 53,843 shares at $56.48 during a trade that took place back on Jan 22 ’25, which means that ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYL is holding 1,229,257 shares at $3,041,053 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VERX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.63 for the gross margin
The net margin for Vertex Inc stands at -0.08. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value -24.39, with -5.47 for asset returns.
Based on Vertex Inc (VERX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.09 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 9.89. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.09. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -5.64.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 102.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.26. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.36. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.06for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.57. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.99.
Conclusion
To sum up, Vertex Inc (VERX) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
