Pharmaceutical Preparations · SIC 2834

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA

VRTX

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Latest revenue

$2.99B

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

$1.03B

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

34.5%

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

+15.9% / yr 2.1 pts / yr vs S&P 500 108.3% total
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$434.52
0.23%
Market cap
$110.28B
Enterprise value
$105.46B
P/E (trailing)
27.9×
Forward P/E
P/B
6.37×
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$507.92
52-wk low
$362.50
Beta
Shares out
253.8M

5-year trend

What this company does

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals develops and sells prescription drugs, with its franchise anchored in cystic fibrosis therapies like Trikafta/Kaftrio alongside newer launches in pain and gene-edited sickle cell disease. Nearly all revenue comes from product sales, which reached $8.8 billion in the first nine months of 2025, up 8% year-over-year. The company is diversifying beyond cystic fibrosis after its 2024 Alpine Immune Sciences acquisition, swinging back to $2.76 billion in net income following last year's loss driven by a $4.5 billion in-process R&D charge.

Generated from VRTX's filing dated 2026-02-13

Key risks

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  • CF concentration: ~$8.78B of $8.81B nine-month revenue is product sales, overwhelmingly from CFTR franchise facing eventual genericization and Vanza/Alyftrek transition risk.
  • $379M intangible asset impairment charge taken in 2025 signals pipeline asset write-down, following 2024's $4.54B acquired IPR&D expense from Alpine deal.
  • Aggressive buybacks ($1.91B YTD 2025 vs $763M prior year) drained APIC to $5.01B; cash/marketables still ~$12B but capital return accelerating.

Generated from VRTX's filing dated 2026-02-13

Profitability

Operating margin

34.8%

1745.4%

Net margin

32.9%

777.7%

Return on equity

21.2%

795.2%

Return on assets

15.4%

748.6%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.37×

32.7%

Long-term debt / equity

0.01×

70.0%

Debt / assets

27.2%

23.8%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$2.99B+7.8%$1.03B+59.6%34.5%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$3.19B+9.5%$1.19B+738.3%37.3%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$3.08B+11.0%$1.08B+3.6%35.2%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$2.96B+12.1%$1.03B+141.4%34.8%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$2.77B+3.0%$646.3M-41.2%23.3%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$2.91B$-186.6M-6.4%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$2.77B+11.6%$1.05B+1.0%37.7%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$2.65B+6.1%$-2.49B-372.4%-94.3%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

Industry trend

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$5.8M

Insider selling

$151.9M

Net activity

−$146.0M

Distinct insiders

14

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-15

Mark E. Bunnage

EVP, Chief Scientific Officer

Sale33$453.45$15.0K
2026-05-15

Carmen Bozic

EVP and CMO

Sale1,354$453.45$614.0K
2026-05-12

Carmen Bozic

EVP and CMO

Sale6,988$450.00$3.1M
2026-05-04

Sangeeta N. Bhatia

Director

Sale318$423.73$134.7K
2026-05-01

Joy Liu

EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Sale1,104$425.02$469.2K
2026-04-01

Joy Liu

EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Sale978$449.17$439.3K
2026-03-27

Carmen Bozic

EVP and CMO

Sale2,329$450.95$1.1M
2026-03-13

Carmen Bozic

EVP and CMO

Sale2,329$481.79$1.1M
2026-03-11

Duncan Mckechnie

EVP, Chief Commercial Officer

Sale2,633$498.42$1.3M
2026-03-04

Duncan Mckechnie

EVP, Chief Commercial Officer

Sale2,437$475.30$1.2M
2026-03-02

Joy Liu

EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Sale892$495.96$442.4K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale400$479.75$191.9K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale120$481.50$57.8K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale240$482.84$115.9K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale2,510$487.13$1.2M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale3,278$488.27$1.6M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale460$489.32$225.1K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale2,725$490.54$1.3M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale949$491.30$466.2K
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale2,520$493.29$1.2M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale3,498$494.33$1.7M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale15,580$495.38$7.7M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale5,995$496.16$3.0M
2026-02-27

Reshma Kewalramani

CEO & President

Sale1,725$496.95$857.2K
2026-02-27

Carmen Bozic

EVP and CMO

Sale2,329$480.31$1.1M
2026-02-26

Kristen Ambrose

SVP & Chief Accounting Officer

Sale357$483.36$172.6K
2026-02-25

Ourania Tatsis

EVP, Chief Reg. & Quality Off.

Sale260$486.35$126.5K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns VRTX

Institutional value

$26.16B

Total shares held

59.9M

Distinct holders

702

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC16.5M$7.37BNew
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC5.1M$2.30BNew
3JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC2.7M$1.22BNew
4Invesco Ltd.2.6M$1.14BNew
5Legal & General Group Plc2.0M$873.3MNew
6Bank of New York Mellon Corp1.6M$708.4MNew
7DEUTSCHE BANK AG\1.5M$686.7MNew
8VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO1.5M$654.5MNew
9WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC1.1M$496.9MNew
10Nuveen, LLC1.1M$484.3MNew
11DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP989.3K$441.8MNew
12WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN745.0K$332.7MNew
13Swiss National Bank744.6K$332.5MNew
14CITIGROUP INC682.8K$304.9MNew
15HSBC HOLDINGS PLC655.4K$292.7MNew
16UBS Group AG630.6K$281.6MNew
17Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.614.4K$274.4MNew
18Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.597.5K$266.8MNew
19Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC555.7K$248.2MNew
20National Pension Service532.1K$237.6MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

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  1. 1

    The $379M intangible impairment this year—which asset was written down, and does it signal failure of an acquired pipeline program?

  2. 2

    Inventory jumped 35% to $1.63B against 8% revenue growth—are you building for CASGEVY/Journavx ramps that aren't materializing?

  3. 3

    R&D rose 12% to $2.94B while SG&A grew 16%—what's the operating leverage trajectory as Journavx launch costs scale?

Refreshed when VRTX files a new report · last from 2026-02-13