Vertex (VERX) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.20
- Estimate
- $0.19
- Surprise
- +4.8%
- Score today
- 5.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Vertex (VERX) beat the $0.19 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.20 — a clear 4.8% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VERX Sell at 5.6/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.8% surprise compares with a +4.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-02.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -10.9%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
- Reward/Risk 0.7:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $13.47
- Price target
- $14.92
- Stop
- $12.53
- Upside to target
- +10.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.7:1
The stock trades at 673.5× trailing but 13.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VERX at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Market cap
- $2.18B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 673.5
- 52-week range
- $10.21–$26.54
- Off 52-week high
- 49.2%
- RSI (14)
- 51
- Volume vs avg
- 0.34×
- Score today
- 5.6/10