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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) stock analysis

$524.52+1.92%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • VRTX gained 1.9% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 275th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +25.2%, 9.4 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 6.0% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 3 analysts raised earnings estimates and 0 cut; forward EPS moved +1.3% (−5.2% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Biotech segment of the Healthcare Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is +0.4%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Unresolved structure (since Oct 21, 2026).
Market cap$132.9B
12-month return+25.2%
Forward P/E26.1×
Mean target vs price+8.9%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

VRTX+1.9%
Sector median−8.7%
S&P 5000.0%
VRTX+10.9%
Sector median−5.4%
S&P 500+4.7%
VRTX+19.8%
Sector median−1.5%
S&P 500+8.7%
VRTX+25.2%
Sector median+1.7%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500275 / 497
1-month rank in the Nasdaq 10051 / 100
3-month rank in its sector · Healthcare208 / 720

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Unresolved structureAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 21, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

96 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +0.3%, positive 52% of the time, against +1.1% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$20.39
30-day change+1.3%
90-day change−5.2%
Mean target$571.46 +8.9%
Raised (30d) 3Cut (30d) 0

28 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersProfit, Revisions

Behind peersMomentum

PeersMRNA · REGN · ARGX · ONC

Where it sits in the supply chain

Healthcare Value Chain · Drugs & devices

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Supplied by
Life-science tools & bioprocessing+6.0%
TMO+5.4%1 monthDHR+6.0%1 monthA+6.4%1 month
Clinical research outsourcing+8.0%
IQV+2.4%1 monthFTRE+17.8%1 monthICLR+10.9%1 monthMEDP+5.1%1 month
Its segment
Biotech+0.4%
AMGN+6.8%1 monthREGN+0.2%1 monthGILD+0.6%1 monthVRTX+1.9%1 monthALNY−10.6%1 monthMRNA+34.6%1 monthBIIB+6.9%1 monthINSM−22.2%1 monthINCY−10.6%1 monthCATX−22.3%1 month

Built on a few major drugs or platforms, with shares highly sensitive to trial data and regulatory decisions.

Sells into
Drug distribution+13.9%
MCK+13.9%1 monthCOR+8.3%1 monthCAH+16.2%1 month

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−15.2%
Volatility, 60D27.8%
From 52-week high−6.0%
From 52-week low+28.1%
Trailing P/E30.5×
Forward P/E26.1×

Themes

  • Biotech Platform3M rank 83 / 414
AMGNAmgenREGNRegeneron PharmaceuticalsGILDGilead SciencesALNYAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.MRNAModerna, Inc.BIIBBiogen Inc.INSMInsmed IncorporatedINCYIncyte Corporation

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