VERTEX INC VERX
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 92538J106 · ISIN US92538J1060
Annuity software and business consulting company
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
- HeadquartersKing Of Prussia, PA
- Founded1991
- Websitevertexincorporated.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($481.3k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $38.56. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($116.8m notional), 6 hold puts ($995.1k).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 82 |
| Q4 2022 | 102 |
| Q1 2023 | 130 |
| Q2 2023 | 122 |
| Q3 2023 | 121 |
| Q4 2023 | 145 |
| Q1 2024 | 177 |
| Q2 2024 | 205 |
| Q3 2024 | 220 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 61 | 32 |
| Q1 2023 | 86 | 39 |
| Q2 2023 | 67 | 57 |
| Q3 2023 | 76 | 52 |
| Q4 2023 | 97 | 43 |
| Q1 2024 | 107 | 62 |
| Q2 2024 | 129 | 87 |
| Q3 2024 | 126 | 90 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $3.6m | $1.1m | 0.30 |
| Q1 2024 | $9.5m | $2.2m | 0.23 |
| Q2 2024 | $113.3m | $3.3m | 0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | $116.8m | $995.1k | 0.01 |
Biggest buyers
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +671.5k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +543.7k |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd | Added | +465.6k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +414.9k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO | Added | +414.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +405.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +398.8k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Added | +396.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +363.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +334.2k |
Biggest sellers
| Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors, LLC | Sold out | -1.6m |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Tensile Capital Management LP | Reduced | -580.0k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -525.5k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -509.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -430.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Sold out | -409.6k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC | Reduced | -344.2k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -229.2k |
| Meridian Wealth Partners, LLC | Sold out | -125.3k |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $109.7m2.8m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.5m91.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $1.9m50.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $804.9k20.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $473.7k12.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $346.6k9.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $427.5k11.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $281.1k7.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $205.7k5.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $77.0k2.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $3.9k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Radcliffe Amanda Westphal 13G · exempt (held before listing) -0.3 pts · filed 2025-08-13 | 20.9% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-01-21 | 7.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.2% |
| MORGAN STANLEY 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-12 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Tensile Capital Management LP (4.4%, 2026-04-02), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.9m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.2m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.3m | $3.3m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $721.5k | $187.1k |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $4.3m | $926.1k |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 6 | $2.4m | $558.8k |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $8.3m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-12 | Stamm John Richard Director | Sold | $354.2k10.0k shares |
| 2024-08-26 | ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001 10% owner | Sold | $5.9m158.9k shares |
| 2024-08-22 | SCHWAB JOHN R CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | Sold | $895.2k25.0k shares |
| 2024-08-22 | Stamm John Richard Director | Sold | $575.2k16.0k shares |
| 2024-08-20 | Rowland Bryan T.R. GENERAL COUNSEL | Sold | $1.4m38.2k shares |
| 2024-08-13 | ANDERSEN ERIC C. Director | Sold | $5.1m140.0k shares |
| 2024-07-23 | Westphal Jeffrey 10% owner · By The 2009 Jeffrey R. Westphal Generation Skipping Trust | Sold | $56.7m1.5m shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.7m $258.8m | Added +334.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $192.8m | First filing |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 16.88% of their portfolio | 4.1m $156.1m | Reduced -580.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $138.0m | Reduced -430.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.5m $133.8m | Reduced -14.4k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 2.5m $98.0m | Reduced -1.5m |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $88.1m | Added +55.0k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 2.3m $87.8m | Reduced -525.5k |
| Legacy Advisors, LLC 9.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $83.3m | Reduced -415 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $69.4m | Added +253.3k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.7m $63.7m | Reduced -98.6k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.6m $60.3m | Reduced -35.9k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 1.5m $55.9m | Added +414.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $52.4m | Added +363.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $49.1m | Added +37.6k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.2m $47.3m | Added +162.8k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 1.15% of their portfolio | 1.1m $43.5m | Reduced -78.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $41.1m | Added +103.2k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.0m $39.0m | Added +396.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 977.6k $37.6m | Added +671.5k |
| BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA 0.37% of their portfolio | 961.7k $37.0m | Added +12.2k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 933.0k $35.9m | Reduced -509.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 911.2k $35.1m | Added +243.0k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 4.18% of their portfolio | 854.6k $32.9m | Added +36.2k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 843.0k $32.5m | Added +60.3k |
| Pembroke Management, LTD 4.04% of their portfolio | 822.4k $31.7m | Reduced -22.2k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 772.3k $29.7m | Added +713 |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 649.4k $25.0m | Added +405.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 628.7k $24.2m | Reduced -75.8k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 588.3k $22.7m | Reduced -55.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 582.3k $22.4m | Added +29.7k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 549.4k $21.2m | Reduced -229.2k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 543.7k $20.9m | New |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 538.8k $20.7m | Added +111.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 530.8k $20.4m | Added +310.6k |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd 0.68% of their portfolio | 524.8k $19.3m | Added +465.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 509.5k $19.6m | Added +92.1k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 1.57% of their portfolio | 504.2k $19.4m | Reduced -344.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 493.8k $19.0m | Added +17.9k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.16% of their portfolio | 475.0k $18.3m | Reduced -250 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.5k $18.1m | Added +124.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 461.9k $17.8m | Added +334.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 449.4k $17.3m | Added +398.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 432.1k $16.6m | Added +23.1k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.06% of their portfolio | 420.6k $16.2m | Added +414.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 373.3k $14.4m | Reduced -111.4k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.25% of their portfolio | 345.3k $13.3m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 342.1k $13.2m | Reduced -62.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 311.0k $12.0m | Added +61.4k |
| Banco Santander, S.A. 0.14% of their portfolio | 310.0k $11.9m | Added +12.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 309.5k $11.9m | Reduced -67.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.7k $10.7m | Added +45.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 257.9k $9.9m | Reduced -37.8k |
| MIZUHO MARKETS AMERICAS LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 256.4k $9.9m | Reduced -87.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 255.1k $9.8m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.26% of their portfolio | 231.4k $8.9m | Added +4.2k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 205.9k $7.9m | Reduced -45.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 197.7k $7.6m | New |
| COMERICA BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 195.3k $7.5m | Reduced -36.9k |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC 2.10% of their portfolio | 191.5k $7.4m | Reduced -46.9k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.03% of their portfolio | 190.7k $7.4m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.6k $7.2m | Reduced -61.4k |
| Westwind Capital 1.74% of their portfolio | 186.4k $7.2m | New |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 1.35% of their portfolio | 177.1k $6.8m | Reduced -907 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.8k $6.6m | Reduced -49.1k |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO 0.08% of their portfolio | 160.8k $6.2m | Added +7.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 156.1k $6.0m | Added +140.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.6k $5.6m | Added +2.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.3k $5.6m | Reduced -37.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.5k $5.4m | Added +22.2k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.41% of their portfolio | 139.1k $5.4m | Added +1.1k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 1.92% of their portfolio | 125.0k $4.8m | Unchanged |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 121.7k $4.7m | Added +33.4k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 0.80% of their portfolio | 120.0k $4.6m | Unchanged |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC 2.87% of their portfolio | 115.6k $4.5m | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.8k $4.4m | Reduced -41.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.8k $4.2m | Reduced -2.7k |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO OF NEVADA INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 80.1k $3.1m | Added +3.0k |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 79.1k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.9k $3.0m | Reduced -11.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.8k $2.9m | Added +2.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.9k $2.9m | Added +50.5k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.7k $2.8m | Added +18.8k |
| Bullseye Asset Management LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 67.1k $2.6m | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.8k $2.4m | Added +2.1k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 61.9k $2.4m | New |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management 0.76% of their portfolio | 61.1k $2.4m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.1k $2.3m | Reduced -2.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.4k $2.1m | New |
| Westover Capital Advisors, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 54.8k $2.1m | Added +39.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.3k $2.1m | Added +8.6k |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 54.0k $2.1m | First filing |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.2k $2.0m | Reduced -2.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.4k $2.0m | Added +22.7k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 48.9k $1.9m | Added +48.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.8m | Reduced -118.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.6k $1.8m | Added +28.4k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.2k $1.7m | Reduced -39.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.1k $1.6m | Added +17.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.1k $1.5m | Added +19.0k |