Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated with ticker code (VRTX) have now 24 market analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘buy’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between 456 and 315 with the average target price sitting at $388.67. Given that the stocks previous close was at $369.38 this is indicating there is a potential upside of 5.2%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving average now sits at $353.89 and the 200 day moving average is $333.04. The company has a market capitalization of 93.70B. The stock price for the company is currently 363.04 USD
The potential market cap would be $98,592,009,385 based on the market consensus.
The company is not paying dividends at this time.
Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 28.1, revenue per share of 36.96 and a 15.56% return on assets.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a global biotechnology company. The Company is focused on developing medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF). Its pipeline includes mid- and late-stage clinical programs in sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, acute and neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and earlier-stage programs in diseases such as muscular dystrophies. Its marketed medicines are TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and KALYDECO (ivacaftor). The Company has a pipeline of investigational small molecule, cell and genetic therapies in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, pain, type 1 diabetes, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
