Vertex Pharmaceuticals - VRTX Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" VRTX shares.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Vertex Pharmaceuticals' shares. Their VRTX share price forecasts range from $222.00 to $365.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $291.65 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $219.60 at the start of the year. Since then, VRTX stock has increased by 36.2% and is now trading at $299.03.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 4th. The pharmaceutical company reported $3.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.05 by $0.20. The pharmaceutical company had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Vertex Pharmaceuticals had a net margin of 38.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.22%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's quarterly revenue was up 22.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.80 EPS.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.60 billion-$8.80 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.58 billion.

31 employees have rated Vertex Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Officer Reshma Kewalramani on Glassdoor.com. Reshma Kewalramani has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRTX."

Vertex Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Symmetry Partners LLC (0.00%) and Wedmont Private Capital (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Amit Sachdev, Bastiano Sanna, Bruce I Sachs, Charles F Wagner Jr, David Altshuler, Jeffrey M Leiden, Joy Liu, Kristen Ambrose, Margaret G Mcglynn, Michael Parini, Ourania Tatsis, Paul M Silva, Reshma Kewalramani, Sangeeta N Bhatia, Sangeeta N Bhatia, Stuart A Arbuckle, William D Young and Yuchun Lee.
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One share of VRTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $299.03.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has a market capitalization of $76.69 billion and generates $7.57 billion in revenue each year. The pharmaceutical company earns $2.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,900 workers across the globe.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals' mailing address is 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA, 02210. The official website for the company is www.vrtx.com. The pharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at (617) 341-6100, via email at investorinfo@vrtx.com, or via fax at 617-576-2109.