Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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About VRTX

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biotechnology company, which engages in the business of discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing small molecule drugs for patients with serious diseases. The firm focuses on development and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, infectious diseases including viral infections such as influenza and bacterial infections, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and neurological disorders including pain and multiple sclerosis. 

CEO
Reshma Kewalramani
CEOReshma Kewalramani
Employees
6,400
Employees6,400
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts
Founded
1989
Founded1989
Employees
6,400
Employees6,400

VRTX Key Statistics

Market cap
117.52B
Market cap117.52B
Price-Earnings ratio
30.42
Price-Earnings ratio30.42
Dividend yield
Dividend yield
Average volume
1.51M
Average volume1.51M
High today
$468.45
High today$468.45
Low today
$461.59
Low today$461.59
Open price
$468.40
Open price$468.40
Volume
648.32K
Volume648.32K
52 Week high
$517.20
52 Week high$517.20
52 Week low
$362.50
52 Week low$362.50

Stock Snapshot

Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX) stock is priced at $462.62, giving the company a market capitalization of 117.52B. It carries a P/E multiple of 30.42.

During the trading session on 2026-03-17, Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX) shares reached a daily high of $468.45 and a low of $461.59. At a current price of $462.62, the stock is +0.2% higher than the low and still -1.2% under the high.

Trading volume for Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX) stock has reached 648.32K, versus its average volume of 1.51M.

Over the past 52 weeks, Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX) stock has traded between a high of $517.20 and a low of $362.50.

Over the past 52 weeks, Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX) stock has traded between a high of $517.20 and a low of $362.50.

VRTX News

Nasdaq 2d
Is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Heading to $600?

Key Points The biotech company is the leader in the cystic fibrosis market and is quickly expanding into other treatment areas. Vertex forecasts its newer med...

Is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Heading to $600?
Nasdaq 4d
This Stock Just Jumped By 8%: Is It Too Late to Buy?

Key Points One of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' leading pipeline candidates just aced a phase 3 study. It could become an important growth driver while helping the...

This Stock Just Jumped By 8%: Is It Too Late to Buy?
Simply Wall St 5d
Is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Pricing In Too Much Optimism After Recent Share Gains?

If you are wondering whether Vertex Pharmaceuticals at around US$492 per share is still a good deal or already pricing in a lot of optimism, you are asking the...

Is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Pricing In Too Much Optimism After Recent Share Gains?

Analyst ratings

74%

of 35 ratings
Buy
74.3%
Hold
20%
Sell
5.7%

More VRTX News

TipRanks 6d
Vertex Pharmaceuticals price target raised to $525 from $490 at Truist

Truist analyst Joon Lee raised the firm’s price target on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) to $525 from $490 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company repo...

Simply Wall St 6d
Vertex Kidney Trial Success Opens Door To New Autoimmune Franchise

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGS:VRTX) reported positive late-stage trial results for kidney disease drug povetacicept in IgA nephropathy. The drug met both pr...

Vertex Kidney Trial Success Opens Door To New Autoimmune Franchise
TipRanks 7d
Vera Therapeutics upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Wolfe Research

Wolfe Research analyst Andy Chen upgraded Vera Therapeutics (VERA) to Outperform from Peer Perform with an $88 price target. Vertex’s (VRTX) reported interim da...

Nasdaq 7d
VRTX Stock Gains on Upbeat Interim Data From Kidney Disease Drug Study

Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX announced positive data from an interim analysis of the ongoing phase III RAINER study, which evaluated its investigational drug pov...

VRTX Stock Gains on Upbeat Interim Data From Kidney Disease Drug Study

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