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 ($22.9k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $11.48. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($43.4m notional), 3 hold puts ($308.8k).
Trends to Q2 2026
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 |
| Q2 2025 | 271 |
| Q3 2025 | 240 |
| Q4 2025 | 221 |
| Q1 2026 | 222 |
| Q2 2026 | 228 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 126 | 90 |
| Q4 2024 | 140 | 100 |
| Q1 2025 | 166 | 123 |
| Q2 2025 | 169 | 118 |
| Q3 2025 | 118 | 156 |
| Q4 2025 | 109 | 136 |
| Q1 2026 | 124 | 122 |
| Q2 2026 | 129 | 108 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $98.7m | $375.9k | 0.00 |
| Q4 2025 | $77.0m | $710.9k | 0.01 |
| Q1 2026 | $44.9m | $309.1k | 0.01 |
| Q2 2026 | $43.4m | $308.8k | 0.01 |
Biggest buyers
| BROWN ADVISORY INC | Added | +1.7m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +925.6k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +849.2k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +580.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +576.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +550.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +548.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +537.2k |
| Freshford Capital Management, LLC | Added | +481.7k |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC | Added | +445.2k |
Biggest sellers
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -3.4m |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | Sold out | -1.0m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Sold out | -982.2k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Reduced | -957.5k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -947.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -880.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -843.1k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -682.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -603.6k |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $32.7m2.8m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $4.7m406.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $3.0m260.9k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $1.7m150.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $737.0k64.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $433.9k37.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $88.4k7.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $12.6k1.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $114.8k10.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $106.8k9.3k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $87.2k7.6k 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 since 1 Apr 2026
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 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $34.8m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $299.4k | 1 | $1.6m | $1.6m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $17.9m | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | $1.2m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $82.4k | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | DeStefano David Director · By Family Trusts | Sold | $82.4k6.5k 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, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.2m $71.6m | Added +576.8k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $57.2m | Added +203.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1m $47.4m | Reduced -160.8k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.5m $40.7m | Added +1.7m |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $36.4m | Added +58.4k |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 4.59% of their portfolio | 2.9m $33.3m | Reduced -500.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $28.8m | Reduced -843.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $25.1m | Added +550.9k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.1m $24.4m | Added +849.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $23.6m | Added +149.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $23.2m | Reduced -3.4m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $21.1m | Added +64.9k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.7m $19.1m | Reduced -957.5k |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC 4.34% of their portfolio | 1.6m $18.8m | Added +445.2k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $17.1m | Reduced -1.7m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $17.0m | Reduced -880.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $16.9m | Added +537.2k |
| Legacy Advisors, LLC 1.44% of their portfolio | 1.3m $15.4m | Added +59 |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $15.0m | Not comparable |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $13.9m | Added +925.6k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.2m $13.6m | Reduced -947.9k |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $12.1m | Added +488 |
| Freshford Capital Management, LLC 4.11% of their portfolio | 1.0m $12.0m | Added +481.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 986.3k $11.3m | Added +53.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 973.0k $11.2m | Reduced -177.4k |
| CYPRESS POINT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LP 1.98% of their portfolio | 952.2k $10.9m | Added +416.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 913.7k $10.5m | Added +580.0k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 1.68% of their portfolio | 761.0k $8.7m | Added +292.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 707.5k $8.1m | Reduced -603.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 707.3k $8.1m | Added +66.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 656.8k $7.5m | Added +548.3k |
| Hyperion Capital Advisors LP 3.26% of their portfolio | 630.0k $7.2m | Added +150.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 576.9k $6.6m | Reduced -575.7k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 568.8k $6.5m | Reduced -237.1k |
| BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA 0.06% of their portfolio | 548.0k $6.3m | Reduced -6.0k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.27% of their portfolio | 547.4k $6.3m | Reduced -594.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 532.1k $6.1m | Reduced -73.8k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 524.7k $6.0m | Added +17.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 465.5k $5.3m | Reduced -235.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 434.8k $5.0m | Unchanged |
| Voleon Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 393.5k $4.5m | Added +5.4k |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.86% of their portfolio | 373.8k $4.3m | Reduced -60.8k |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC 2.64% of their portfolio | 361.6k $4.2m | Added +64.6k |
| ING GROEP NV 0.02% of their portfolio | 320.0k $3.7m | New |
| Pier Capital, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 316.1k $3.6m | Added +3.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 305.5k $3.5m | Added +200.6k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 303.5k $3.5m | Added +47.2k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 0.47% of their portfolio | 300.0k $3.4m | Added +100.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 295.8k $3.4m | Added +154.0k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 278.7k $3.2m | Added +60.2k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.06% of their portfolio | 266.4k $3.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 263.5k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.0k $3.0m | Added +28.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.4k $3.0m | Reduced -322.1k |
| NORTH STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 252.5k $2.9m | Added +14.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 224.4k $2.6m | Added +109.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.8k $2.6m | Reduced -287.8k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 189.4k $2.2m | Reduced -16.7k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.4k $2.2m | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 187.9k $2.2m | Reduced -68.5k |
| Banco Santander, S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.8k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.8k $1.9m | Reduced -15.2k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.8k $1.8m | New |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 152.0k $1.7m | Reduced -148.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.3k $1.7m | Added +82.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.3k $1.7m | Added +3.4k |
| Whetstone Capital Advisors, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 136.1k $1.6m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.0k $1.5m | Added +44.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.0k $1.5m | Reduced -27.5k |
| MIZUHO MARKETS AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 127.9k $1.5m | Reduced -130.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.6k $1.3m | Reduced -537.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.1k $1.3m | Reduced -36.8k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.0k $1.3m | Added +83.6k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 0.45% of their portfolio | 110.2k $1.3m | Added +10.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.7k $1.2m | Added +21.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.9k $1.1m | Added +12.5k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.7k $1.1m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. 0.02% of their portfolio | 95.7k $1.1m | Added +720 |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.3k $1.0m | Added +53.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.9k $951.9k | Added +14.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.7k $937.5k | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.4k $934.2k | Added +5.4k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.3k $898.6k | Reduced -147.6k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 78.1k $896.4k | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.6k $839.8k | Reduced -313 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.5k $798.2k | Added +43.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.1k $758.4k | Reduced -2.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.2k $737.2k | Added +2.2k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.6k $718.4k | Added +24.2k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.2k $714.4k | Added +30.4k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.2k $714.0k | Reduced -1.4k |
| Sculptor Capital LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.2k $679.6k | New |
| VARCOV Co. 0.24% of their portfolio | 54.3k $623.7k | Added +27.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.7k $593.7k | New |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 48.6k $557.7k | Reduced -358.2k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.2k $553.4k | Unchanged |
| ALLSTATE CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.6k $546.9k | New |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 46.1k $529.8k | Reduced -32.0k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.2k $484.5k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.1k $483.5k | Added +1.9k |