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 ($778.2k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $35.01. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($106.4m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.2m).
Trends to Q1 2025
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 |
| Q4 2024 | 255 |
| Q1 2025 | 265 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 67 | 57 |
| Q3 2023 | 76 | 52 |
| Q4 2023 | 97 | 43 |
| Q1 2024 | 107 | 62 |
| Q2 2024 | 129 | 87 |
| Q3 2024 | 126 | 90 |
| Q4 2024 | 140 | 100 |
| Q1 2025 | 166 | 123 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $113.3m | $3.3m | 0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | $116.8m | $995.1k | 0.01 |
| Q4 2024 | $158.5m | $565.2k | 0.00 |
| Q1 2025 | $106.4m | $1.2m | 0.01 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital World Investors | New | +1.6m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +939.0k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | New | +901.9k |
| Fiera Capital Corp | New | +782.6k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +726.9k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | Added | +686.1k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +605.6k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | New | +580.5k |
| ShawSpring Partners LLC | New | +490.2k |
| Aberdeen Group plc | Added | +482.7k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -1.0m |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -642.8k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -387.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -305.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -271.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -252.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -241.2k |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $99.8m2.8m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.7m77.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $875.2k25.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $822.7k23.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $693.2k19.8k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $682.7k19.5k shares |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP | New | $350.1k10.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $291.5k8.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $105.0k3.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $94.5k2.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| Fulcrum Asset Management LLP | New | $829.1k658.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $371.1k10.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $21.0k600 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $14.0k400 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 Q1 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $34.8m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $299.4k | 1 | $1.6m | $1.6m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-19 | Rowland Bryan T.R. GENERAL COUNSEL | Sold plan | $1.6m43.2k shares |
| 2025-03-04 | Gayton Bradley M Director | Bought | $299.4k9.4k shares |
| 2025-01-23 | ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001 10% owner | Sold | $1.0m18.2k shares |
| 2025-01-22 | ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001 10% owner | Sold | $3.0m53.8k 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, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9m $240.4m | Added +7.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.3m $185.8m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 16.35% of their portfolio | 3.7m $128.2m | Reduced -109.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.3m $114.0m | Reduced -271.9k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 2.9m $103.2m | Added +686.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.4m $85.1m | Added +939.0k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 2.0m $71.5m | Added +605.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $66.1m | Reduced -241.2k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.7m $58.6m | Reduced -387.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.7m | Added +347.3k |
| Capital World Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $55.6m | New |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.5m $53.6m | Added +373.1k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.1m | Added +482.7k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.2m | Reduced -31.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $48.9m | Added +22.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $48.8m | Reduced -1.5m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $47.3m | Added +74.5k |
| Legacy Advisors, LLC 4.80% of their portfolio | 1.3m $46.3m | Reduced -74.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $44.9m | Reduced -231.9k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.3m | Added +72.1k |
| BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.0m $35.1m | Added +389.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 917.3k $32.1m | Added +236.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 908.5k $31.8m | Added +84.2k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 901.9k $31.6m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 844.4k $29.6m | Reduced -305.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 819.3k $29.1m | Added +152.8k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.10% of their portfolio | 782.6k $27.4m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 757.9k $26.5m | Reduced -93.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 726.9k $25.5m | New |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd 0.96% of their portfolio | 720.1k $25.6m | Added +200.3k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 694.7k $24.3m | Added +133.5k |
| Pembroke Management, LTD 3.44% of their portfolio | 674.0k $23.6m | Reduced -55.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 668.4k $23.4m | Added +116.8k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 664.8k $23.3m | Reduced -24.2k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 3.43% of their portfolio | 644.2k $22.6m | Added +11.5k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 631.8k $22.1m | Added +11.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 615.9k $21.6m | Added +159.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 612.0k $21.4m | Added +139.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 580.5k $20.3m | New |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.58% of their portfolio | 579.9k $20.3m | Reduced -170.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 574.0k $20.1m | Reduced -117.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 574.0k $20.1m | Reduced -55.5k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.02% of their portfolio | 561.2k $19.6m | Added +175.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 558.2k $19.5m | Reduced -656 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 546.0k $19.1m | Reduced -26.2k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.08% of their portfolio | 510.3k $17.9m | Unchanged |
| ShawSpring Partners LLC 2.36% of their portfolio | 490.2k $17.2m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 432.8k $15.2m | Reduced -5.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 417.2k $14.6m | Reduced -37.8k |
| Chicago Capital, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 378.1k $13.2m | New |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.06% of their portfolio | 377.3k $13.2m | Reduced -126.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 373.6k $13.1m | Reduced -642.8k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 360.9k $12.6m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Banco Santander, S.A. 0.14% of their portfolio | 350.0k $12.3m | Added +118.0k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.25% of their portfolio | 348.0k $12.2m | Added +2.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 344.7k $12.1m | Reduced -114.8k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 343.0k $12.0m | Added +180.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 338.9k $11.9m | Added +218.9k |
| Westwind Capital 2.91% of their portfolio | 334.5k $11.7m | Added +147.7k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 333.8k $11.7m | Added +6.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 322.5k $11.3m | Reduced -235.7k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 297.6k $10.4m | Added +140.6k |
| MIZUHO MARKETS AMERICAS LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 287.1k $10.1m | Added +82.8k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 2.07% of their portfolio | 268.6k $9.4m | Added +92.8k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 254.9k $8.9m | New |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO 0.12% of their portfolio | 254.3k $8.9m | Added +6.2k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 249.8k $8.7m | New |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.46% of their portfolio | 248.8k $8.7m | Added +92.9k |
| NORRIS PERNE & FRENCH LLP/MI 0.62% of their portfolio | 234.3k $8.2m | New |
| COMERICA BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 225.9k $7.9m | Added +31.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 225.6k $7.9m | Added +193.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 224.8k $7.9m | Added +45.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 213.8k $7.5m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.1k $6.8m | Reduced -252.9k |
| SCALAR GAUGE MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.91% of their portfolio | 182.6k $6.4m | Reduced -38.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.0k $6.3m | Added +48.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 176.0k $6.2m | Reduced -58.3k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 164.1k $5.7m | Reduced -6.9k |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC 4.00% of their portfolio | 161.8k $5.7m | Added +46.2k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.02% of their portfolio | 151.3k $5.4m | Reduced -63.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.3k $5.1m | First filing |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.2k $4.9m | Reduced -24.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 139.1k $4.9m | Added +52.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.7k $4.8m | Added +11.6k |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO OF NEVADA INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 132.6k $4.6m | Added +6.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.3k $4.5m | Added +13.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.4k $4.2m | Reduced -115.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.4k $4.2m | Added +85.1k |
| Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP 1.02% of their portfolio | 119.1k $4.2m | New |
| Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 0.56% of their portfolio | 118.6k $4.2m | New |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.11% of their portfolio | 118.4k $4.1m | Added +41.1k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.1k $4.1m | Reduced -306 |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 118.0k $4.1m | New |
| NORTH STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 115.4k $4.0m | New |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 0.72% of their portfolio | 110.0k $3.8m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.1k $3.5m | Added +20.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.1k $3.4m | New |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.7k $3.4m | Added +53.2k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 96.5k $3.4m | Added +69.6k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 94.5k $3.3m | New |