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VERX vs. PTC, NTNX, CYBR, TWLO, DUOL, GEN, OKTA, RBRK, MDB, and DT

Should you be buying Vertex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex include PTC (PTC), Nutanix (NTNX), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Twilio (TWLO), Duolingo (DUOL), Gen Digital (GEN), Okta (OKTA), Rubrik (RBRK), MongoDB (MDB), and Dynatrace (DT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Vertex vs. Its Competitors

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

PTC has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PTC has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Vertex's net margin of -6.45%. Vertex's return on equity of 28.14% beat PTC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PTC18.77% 15.35% 7.97%
Vertex -6.45%28.14%5.41%

95.1% of PTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of PTC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of Vertex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PTC has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PTC$2.30B10.10$376.33M$3.6453.16
Vertex$687.06M7.95-$52.73M-$0.29-118.90

In the previous week, PTC had 36 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for PTC and 6 mentions for Vertex. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat PTC's score of 0.73 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PTC
17 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vertex
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

PTC currently has a consensus price target of $189.23, indicating a potential downside of 2.21%. Vertex has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.46%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vertex is more favorable than PTC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PTC
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Vertex
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Summary

PTC beats Vertex on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VERX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VERX vs. The Competition

MetricVertexINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.46B$18.03B$27.57B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%3.11%4.02%
P/E Ratio-118.8971.7336.9320.26
Price / Sales7.9568.161,863.58152.11
Price / Cash35.0990.7637.5557.67
Price / Book30.258.437.285.49
Net Income-$52.73M$337.83M$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-2.76%-1.28%-0.26%4.79%
1 Month Performance-6.61%7.40%6.06%9.59%
1 Year Performance-6.99%49.29%52,479.79%16.41%

Vertex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VERX
Vertex
3.8067 of 5 stars
$34.48
-3.8%
$50.50
+46.5%
-7.0%$5.46B$687.06M-118.891,900Positive News
PTC
PTC
3.8802 of 5 stars
$172.34
+1.8%
$188.69
+9.5%
+5.9%$20.67B$2.30B47.356,500Trending News
NTNX
Nutanix
4.8371 of 5 stars
$76.44
+1.5%
$90.71
+18.7%
+33.4%$20.49B$2.15B153.656,450News Coverage
CYBR
CyberArk Software
2.8576 of 5 stars
$406.88
+2.3%
$416.79
+2.4%
+38.9%$20.11B$1.00B-218.752,140News Coverage
Positive News
TWLO
Twilio
4.699 of 5 stars
$124.58
+1.5%
$126.39
+1.5%
+95.6%$19.02B$4.58B-593.248,160Positive News
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DUOL
Duolingo
3.3383 of 5 stars
$410.02
-0.3%
$443.53
+8.2%
+94.9%$18.64B$748.02M201.98600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GEN
Gen Digital
3.4764 of 5 stars
$29.40
+0.4%
$27.50
-6.5%
+12.5%$18.23B$3.94B28.273,500
OKTA
Okta
4.8079 of 5 stars
$99.97
+1.6%
$121.59
+21.6%
-4.7%$17.50B$2.68B158.695,914Trending News
RBRK
Rubrik
2.7338 of 5 stars
$89.57
+2.5%
$100.38
+12.1%
+149.6%$17.33B$886.54M-31.653,200Insider Trade
MDB
MongoDB
4.7118 of 5 stars
$209.99
+0.0%
$282.47
+34.5%
-20.0%$17.16B$2.01B-184.205,558Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
DT
Dynatrace
4.8364 of 5 stars
$55.19
+0.5%
$62.26
+12.8%
+16.6%$16.54B$1.70B34.495,200News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VERX) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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