Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Biotechnology sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $VRTX.
Biotechnology
GLP-1 pipeline competition is the dominant structural driver — the ADA conference crystallized oral formulations, dual agonists, and differentiated mechanisms competing for a potential $150B obesity market by 2030. QURE's FDA accelerated approval for AMT-130 (Huntington's disease) this week confirms gene therapy regulatory momentum is still flowing capital to non-GLP-1 precision medicine.
Top industry ETF
$IBBiShares Biotechnology ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
31.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
17.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
39.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
2.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
10.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
23.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
86.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$4.47$4.24+5.4%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$5.03$5.11-1.6%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$4.80$4.57+5.0%
Q2 2025Aug 4, 2025$4.52$4.29+5.4%
Next earningsMon, Aug 3·consensus EPS $4.72
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$3.0B+7.8%86.8%38.1%$4.06$1.3B
Q4 FY25$3.2B+10.8%85.6%40.3%$4.69$348.6M
Q3 FY25$3.1B+11.0%86.5%38.6%$4.24$1.1B
Q2 FY25$3.0B+12.1%86.3%38.8%$4.02$927.4M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$13.0B$13.0B – $13.1B$19.31$18.88 – $19.5923
FY27$14.3B$13.4B – $16.2B$21.62$19.82 – $23.7923
FY28$15.8B$15.8B – $15.8B$25.00$18.26 – $34.9125
FY29$17.6B$17.0B – $18.9B$28.79$27.52 – $31.5412
FY30$19.4B$18.7B – $20.8B$33.13$31.66 – $36.2912
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.99%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+18.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+19.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatHigh float · 253.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.295-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Vertex (VRTX): Should You Buy?Arcutis vs. Vertex: Which Pharmaceutical Maker Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?Vertex Gets FDA Nod for Expanded Use of Casgevy in SCD & TDTVertex Announces US FDA Approval for Expanded Use of CASGEVY® for the Treatment of People Ages 2 Years and Older With Sickle Cell Disease or Transfusion-Dependent Beta ThalassemiaUS FDA approves Vertex's gene therapy for sickle cell disease in children as young as two
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