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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
$72.85
+1.1%
$68.30
$48.35
$74.39
$109.28B0.776.66 million shs7.45 million shs
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
$341.50
-0.9%
$350.82
$240.50
$365.71
$99.84B0.571.59 million shs2.41 million shs
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$81.69
+1.0%
$83.16
$68.84
$91.00
$108.47B0.786.23 million shs4.99 million shs
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$401.08
+0.2%
$409.64
$320.01
$448.40
$103.66B0.391.22 million shs1.06 million shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
-0.25%-1.73%+6.76%+11.93%+36.71%
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
-3.52%-2.82%-5.13%+6.34%+40.04%
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
+0.04%+2.11%-5.02%-7.65%-10.77%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
-0.49%+0.62%-2.26%-5.77%+15.53%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.3651 of 5 stars
2.53.00.04.22.32.52.5
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
4.8782 of 5 stars
2.55.02.54.23.12.52.5
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
4.7191 of 5 stars
2.24.03.34.13.22.51.9
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4.2637 of 5 stars
2.23.00.03.33.22.52.5

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
2.95
Moderate Buy$75.093.08% Upside
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
2.92
Moderate Buy$366.147.22% Upside
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
2.40
Hold$94.9116.18% Upside
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2.48
Hold$430.867.42% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MDT, VRTX, CI, and BSX Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/3/2024
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$384.00 ➝ $400.00
5/3/2024
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$370.00 ➝ $400.00
4/26/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$70.00 ➝ $78.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$79.00 ➝ $85.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$72.00 ➝ $82.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$63.00 ➝ $73.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$78.00 ➝ $82.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Raymond James
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Boost Price TargetStrong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy$73.00 ➝ $85.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$74.00 ➝ $90.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Mizuho
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$80.00 ➝ $85.00
4/25/2024
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
Evercore ISI
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$72.00 ➝ $78.00
(Data available from 5/3/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
$14.24B7.67$2.93 per share24.87$13.33 per share5.47
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
$195.27B0.51$34.25 per share9.97$158.03 per share2.16
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$31.23B3.47$7.39 per share11.05$38.83 per share2.10
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$9.87B10.50$14.62 per share27.44$68.22 per share5.88

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
$1.59B$1.1961.2227.812.4812.06%16.63%9.24%7/25/2024 (Estimated)
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
$5.16B$17.3919.6410.701.092.64%13.59%4.12%8/1/2024 (Estimated)
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$3.76B$3.1426.0214.962.6413.00%13.71%7.81%5/23/2024 (Confirmed)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$3.62B$13.8928.8824.851.8936.68%21.91%16.73%5/6/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest MDT, VRTX, CI, and BSX Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/23/2024N/A
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$1.45N/A-$1.45N/AN/AN/A
5/6/2024N/A
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$3.61N/A-$3.61N/AN/AN/A  
5/2/2024Q1 2024
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
$6.17$6.47+$0.30$13.91$56.59 billion$57.25 billion    
2/20/202401/31/2024
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$1.26$1.30+$0.04$1.61$7.95 billion$8.09 billion    
2/5/2024Q4 23
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$3.85$4.20+$0.35$3.43$2.50 billion$2.52 billion    

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
$5.601.64%+397.32%32.20%4 Years
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$2.763.38%+6.45%87.90%47 Years
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest MDT, VRTX, CI, and BSX Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/24/2024
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
quarterly$1.401.59%6/4/20246/4/20246/20/2024
3/7/2024
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
quarterly$0.693.24%3/21/20243/22/20244/12/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
0.44
1.32
0.82
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
0.61
0.67
0.67
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
0.46
2.30
1.71
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
0.02
3.99
3.78

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
89.07%
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
86.99%
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
82.06%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
90.96%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
0.50%
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
0.60%
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
0.30%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
0.20%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Boston Scientific Co. stock logo
BSX
Boston Scientific
48,0001.50 billion1.49 billionOptionable
The Cigna Group stock logo
CI
The Cigna Group
72,500292.36 million290.60 millionOptionable
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
95,0001.33 billion1.32 billionOptionable
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock logo
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
5,400258.46 million257.94 millionOptionable

MDT, VRTX, CI, and BSX Headlines

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to KnowVertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know
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Amalgamated Bank Lowers Stake in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)Amalgamated Bank Lowers Stake in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)
marketbeat.com - May 2 at 4:39 PM
Unveiling Vertex (VRTX) Q1 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key MetricsUnveiling Vertex (VRTX) Q1 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
zacks.com - May 1 at 10:21 AM
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on ItVertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
zacks.com - May 1 at 10:06 AM
Raymond James & Associates Has $133.24 Million Position in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)Raymond James & Associates Has $133.24 Million Position in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)
marketbeat.com - April 30 at 10:46 PM
Analysts Offer Insights on Healthcare Companies: Accolade (ACCD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) and Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH)Analysts Offer Insights on Healthcare Companies: Accolade (ACCD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) and Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH)
markets.businessinsider.com - April 30 at 1:09 AM
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?
zacks.com - April 29 at 11:06 AM
PGGM Investments Purchases 3,018 Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)PGGM Investments Purchases 3,018 Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)
marketbeat.com - April 29 at 7:41 AM
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) to Release Earnings on MondayVertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) to Release Earnings on Monday
americanbankingnews.com - April 29 at 4:02 AM
Retirement Systems of Alabama Acquires 15,630 Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)Retirement Systems of Alabama Acquires 15,630 Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)
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Company Descriptions

Boston Scientific logo

Boston Scientific

NYSE:BSX
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through two segments, MedSurg and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions, such as resolution clips, biliary stent systems, stents and electrocautery enhanced delivery systems, direct visualization systems, digital catheters, and single-use duodenoscopes; devices to treat urological conditions, including ureteral stents, catheters, baskets, guidewires, sheaths, balloons, single-use digital flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser systems, artificial urinary sphincter, laser system, fiber, and hydrogel systems; and devices to treat neurological movement disorders and manage chronic pain, such as spinal cord stimulator system, proprietary programming software, radiofrequency generator, indirect decompression systems, practice optimization tools, and deep brain stimulation system. It also provides technologies for diagnosing and treating coronary artery disease and aortic valve conditions; WATCHMAN FLX, a Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device; and implantable devices that monitor the heart and deliver electricity to treat cardiac abnormalities, such as cardioverter and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, MRI S-ICD systems, cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers, quadripolar LV leads, ICD leads, pacing leads, remote patient management systems, insertable cardiac monitor systems, and remote cardiac monitoring systems. In addition, the company offers diagnosis and treatment of rate and rhythm disorders of the heart; peripheral arterial and venous diseases; and products to diagnose, treat and ease forms of cancer. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
The Cigna Group logo

The Cigna Group

NYSE:CI
The Cigna Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance and related products and services in the United States. Its Evernorth Health Services segment provides a range of coordinated and point solution health services, including pharmacy benefits, home delivery pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, distribution, and care delivery and management solutions to health plans, employers, government organizations, and health care providers. The company's Cigna Healthcare segment offers medical, pharmacy, behavioral health, dental, and other products and services for insured and self-insured customers; Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D plans for seniors, as well as individual health insurance plans; and health care coverage in its international markets, as well as health care benefits for mobile individuals and employees of multinational organizations. In addition, it offers permanent insurance contracts sold to corporations to provide coverage on the lives of certain employees for financing employer-paid future benefit obligations. The company distributes its products and services through insurance brokers and consultants; directly to employers, unions and other groups, or individuals; and private and public exchanges. The company was formerly known as Cigna Corporation and changed its name to The Cigna Group in February 2023. The Cigna Group was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Medtronic logo

Medtronic

NYSE:MDT
Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. Its Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software. It also provides aortic valves, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts and accessories, and transcatheter pulmonary valves; and percutaneous coronary intervention products, percutaneous angioplasty balloons, and products. The company's Medical Surgical Portfolio segment offers surgical stapling devices, vessel sealing instruments, wound closure, electrosurgery products, surgical artificial intelligence and robotic-assisted surgery products, hernia mechanical devices, mesh implants, gynecology and lung products, and various therapies to treat diseases, as well as products in the fields of minimally invasive gastrointestinal and hepatologic diagnostics and therapies, patient monitoring, airway management and ventilation therapies, and renal disease. Its Neuroscience Portfolio segment offers products for spinal surgeons; neurosurgeons; neurologists; pain management specialists; anesthesiologists; orthopedic surgeons; urologists; urogynecologists; interventional radiologists; ear, nose, and throat specialists; and systems that incorporate energy surgical instruments. It also provides image-guided surgery and intra-operative imaging systems and robotic guidance systems used in robot assisted spine procedures; and therapies for vasculature in and around the brain. The company's Diabetes Operating Unit segment offers insulin pumps and consumables, continuous glucose monitoring systems, smart insulin pen systems, and consumables and supplies. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals logo

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

NASDAQ:VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, engages in developing and commercializing therapies for treating cystic fibrosis (CF). It markets TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO for people with CF with at least one F508del mutation for 2 years of age or older; SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI for people with CF for 6 years of age or older; ORKAMBI for CF patients 1 year or older; and KALYDECO for the treatment of patients with 1 year or older who have CF with ivacaftor. The company's pipeline includes VX-522, a CFTR mRNA therapeutic designed to treat the underlying cause of CF, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial; VX-548, a non-opioid medicine for the treatment of acute and neuropathic pain which is in Phase 3 clinical trial; Exa-cel, for the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia which is in Phase 2/3 clinical trial. In addition, it provides inaxaplin for the treatment of APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and co-morbidities, such as hypertension which is in single Phase 2/3; VX- 880 and VX-264, treatment for Type 1 Diabetes which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trial; VX-970, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer; and VX-803 and VX-984 for treatment of cancer in Phase 1 clinical trial. Further, it sells the products to specialty pharmacy and specialty distributors in the United States, as well as retail pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics. Additionally, the company has collaborations with CRISPR Therapeutics AG.; Moderna, Inc.; Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.; Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.; Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.; and Verve Therapeutics., as well as collaborations with Tevard Biosciences to develop novel tRNA-based therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.