Vertex (VERX) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.26
- Estimate
- $0.22
- Surprise
- +17.3%
- 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 $0.22 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.26 — a large 17.3% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Vertex, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-04
- Vertex Sees Q4 Sales $215.000M-$217.000M vs $215.374M Est — benzinga, 2026-11-04
- Vertex Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $825.000M-$830.000M to $828.900M-$830.900M vs $827.231M Est — benzinga, 2026-11-04
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 +17.3% surprise compares with a +7.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.2)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
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
- $15.92
- Stop
- $14.81
The stock trades at 1592.0× trailing but 15.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 72 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — 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
- $2.58B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 1592.0
- 52-week range
- $10.21–$20.86
- Off 52-week high
- 23.7%
- RSI (14)
- 72
- Volume vs avg
- 1.40×
- Score today
- 5.6/10