Vertex Earnings Preview

Vertex VERX is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-03-09. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Vertex will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.05.

Vertex bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.03, which was followed by a 0.19% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Vertex's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Vertex were trading at $13.41 as of March 07. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 47.19%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely bearish going into this earnings release.

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