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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$495.42
+1.4%
$453.85
$377.85
$519.88
$127.22B0.411.49 million shs1.37 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
+1.45%+0.77%+5.42%+6.74%+20.12%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
3.8272 of 5 stars
2.33.00.03.32.92.51.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2.65
Moderate Buy$506.702.28% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VRTX Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/20/2025
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Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$407.00 ➝ $408.00
2/11/2025
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Canaccord Genuity Group
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UpgradeSell ➝ Hold$408.00 ➝ $424.00
2/11/2025
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$460.00 ➝ $520.00
2/11/2025
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VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$402.00 ➝ $407.00
2/11/2025
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Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$435.00 ➝ $467.00
2/11/2025
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Cantor Fitzgerald
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$480.00 ➝ $480.00
2/11/2025
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Scotiabank
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$433.00 ➝ $450.00
2/11/2025
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingHold ➝ Hold
2/11/2025
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$450.00 ➝ $459.00
2/11/2025
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HC Wainwright
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$550.00 ➝ $550.00
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$11.02B11.54N/AN/A$63.90 per share7.75
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
-$535.60M-$2.20N/A28.292.11-4.86%-2.02%-1.49%5/5/2025 (Estimated)

Latest VRTX Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
2/10/2025Q4 2024
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$3.99$3.54-$0.45$3.50$2.78 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
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N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
0.01
2.69
2.35

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
90.96%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
0.20%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
6,100256.79 million256.28 millionOptionable

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals NASDAQ:VRTX

$495.42 +7.08 (+1.45%)
Closing price 03/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$494.20 -1.22 (-0.25%)
As of 03/12/2025 07:33 PM Eastern
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, engages in developing and commercializing therapies for treating cystic fibrosis (CF). It markets TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO for people with CF with at least one F508del mutation for 2 years of age or older; SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI for people with CF for 6 years of age or older; ORKAMBI for CF patients 1 year or older; and KALYDECO for the treatment of patients with 1 year or older who have CF with ivacaftor. The company's pipeline includes VX-522, a CFTR mRNA therapeutic designed to treat the underlying cause of CF, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial; VX-548, a non-opioid medicine for the treatment of acute and neuropathic pain which is in Phase 3 clinical trial; Exa-cel, for the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia which is in Phase 2/3 clinical trial. In addition, it provides inaxaplin for the treatment of APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and co-morbidities, such as hypertension which is in single Phase 2/3; VX- 880 and VX-264, treatment for Type 1 Diabetes which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trial; VX-970, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer; and VX-803 and VX-984 for treatment of cancer in Phase 1 clinical trial. Further, it sells the products to specialty pharmacy and specialty distributors in the United States, as well as retail pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics. Additionally, the company has collaborations with CRISPR Therapeutics AG.; Moderna, Inc.; Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.; Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.; Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.; and Verve Therapeutics., as well as collaborations with Tevard Biosciences to develop novel tRNA-based therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.