Vertex Energy, Inc (VTNR): Price and Financial Metrics

VTNR POWR Grades

• VTNR scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 87.77% of US stocks.
• VTNR's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• VTNR ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 2nd percentile.

VTNR Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for VTNR is 13.05 -- better than 97.18% of US stocks.
• Over the past twelve months, VTNR has reported earnings growth of -850.55%, putting it ahead of just 1.7% of US stocks in our set.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for VERTEX ENERGY INC comes in at 185.03%, a number that bests 96.75% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to VTNR, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are PFX, CEI, CLF, UGP, and GGB.
• Visit VTNR's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.vertexenergy.com.

VTNR Valuation Summary

• VTNR's price/earnings ratio is 12.5; this is 50.6% higher than that of the median Energy stock.
• Over the past 173 months, VTNR's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for VTNR.

VTNR Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -18.39%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 224.84%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -26.78%.

VTNR's revenue has moved up $1,672,491,859 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows VTNR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,873.222	24.73848	-58.84959
2022-06-30	1,091.988	-83.55752	-73.13877
2022-03-31	165.3441	3.503805	-26.20914
2021-12-31	115.7814	9.6827	-20.60526
2021-09-30	192.3207	-9.122358	-17.15194
2021-06-30	200.7298	1.257653	-29.44063

VTNR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• VTNR has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 57.35% of graded US stocks.
• VTNR's asset turnover comes in at 1.577 -- ranking 7th of 137 Petroleum and Natural Gas stocks.
• VNOM, HUSA, and DMLP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with VTNR.

The table below shows VTNR's key quality metrics over time.