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Vertex (Vertex) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.80 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vertex Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vertex's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $6.2 Mil. Vertex's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $59.0 Mil. Vertex's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $81.5 Mil. Vertex's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.80.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VERX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.02   Med: 1.04   Max: 2.49
Current: 0.94

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vertex was 2.49. The lowest was -0.02. And the median was 1.04.

VERX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.93% of 1606 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs VERX: 0.94

Vertex Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vertex Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vertex Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.90 -0.02 0.68 1.39 1.18

Vertex Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.24 1.28 1.00 0.94 0.80

Competitive Comparison of Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Vertex Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vertex's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.291 + 60.677) / 56.951
=1.18

Vertex's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.193 + 59.022) / 81.508
=0.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Vertex  (NAS:VERX) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Vertex Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Vertex (Vertex) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2301 Renaissance Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA, USA, 19406
Vertex Inc is a provider of tax technology and services. It enables companies to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions to specific industries for every line of tax, including income, sales, consumer use, value-added, and payroll. The company offers solutions such as tax determination, Tax Data Management, document management, and compliance and reporting among others. The company derives revenue from software subscriptions.
Executives
John R Schwab officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NCO GROUP, INC., 507 PRUDENTIAL ROAD, HORSHAM PA 19044
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Jacob J. Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Anne Marie Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Eric C. Andersen director C/O AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC., 111 W. CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV 25414
Jeffery Westphal director, 10 percent owner C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Item Second Irr. Trust Fbo Kyle R. Westphal U/a Of Jeffrey R. Westphal Dated October 5, 2001 10 percent owner, other: 13(d) Group Member C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Tensile Capital Management Lp 10 percent owner 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 255, LARKSPUR CA 94939
John Richard Stamm director C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Lisa Butler officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
David Destefano director, officer: President & CEO C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Rowland Bryan T.r. officer: General Counsel 101 WOLF DRIVE, THOROFARE NJ 08086
Kevin L Robert director 501 KANSAS AVENUE, KANSAS CITY KS 66105
Philip Seth Saunders director 13 MAPLE KNOLL LANE, MANALAPAN NJ 07726
Amanda Westphal Radcliffe director, 10 percent owner C/O VERTEX, INC., 2301 RENAISSANCE BLVD., KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Bradley M Gayton director ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA 30313