Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

NasdaqGS:VRTX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$102.3b

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a total shareholder equity of $15.6B and total debt of $0.0, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 0%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $22.2B and $6.6B respectively. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's EBIT is $4.2B making its interest coverage ratio -6.9. It has cash and short-term investments of $6.5B.

Key information

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Debt to equity ratio

US$0

Debt

Interest coverage ratio-6.9x
CashUS$6.52b
EquityUS$15.63b
Total liabilitiesUS$6.61b
Total assetsUS$22.24b

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Progress Check Suggests Stock Remains A Solid Buy

Dec 11

Vertex Pharma: Why I Am Buying This Dip

Nov 25

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Strong Execution Continued In Q3 But The Valuation Reflects It

Nov 05

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: The Future Looks Bright, But It May Be A Choppy Ride

Oct 18

Vertex Joined The M&A Craze - Limited Upside Potential (Downgrade)

Oct 10

Investors Are Underestimating The Potential Of Vertex's Non-Addictive Pain Drug

Sep 15

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Is The Recent Barclays Downgrade Justified? I'm Not Convinced

Sep 05

Vertex Stock: Came For CF Drugs, Staying For Gene Therapy

Aug 02

Is There An Opportunity With Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's (NASDAQ:VRTX) 28% Undervaluation?

Jul 11
Is There An Opportunity With Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's (NASDAQ:VRTX) 28% Undervaluation?

Vertex: Strategic Diversification From Gene Therapy To Acute Pain Management

Jul 09

If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) Presents An Opportunity

Jun 20
If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) Presents An Opportunity

Vertex: New, Longer-Term Casgevy Data Makes Case For Blockbuster Sales

Jun 17

Vertex: Like A Fine Wine, This Stock Seems To Get Better With Time

Jun 04

Here's Why Shareholders Will Not Be Complaining About Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's (NASDAQ:VRTX) CEO Pay Packet

May 09
Here's Why Shareholders Will Not Be Complaining About Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's (NASDAQ:VRTX) CEO Pay Packet

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

May 08
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

Vertex To Buy Alpine Immune - Why This Deal Feels Slightly 'Vanilla'

Apr 11

Getting In Cheap On Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) Is Unlikely

Apr 05
Getting In Cheap On Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) Is Unlikely

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Diversifying Its Drug Portfolio For Future Growth

Mar 21

Are Investors Undervaluing Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) By 35%?

Mar 15
Are Investors Undervaluing Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) By 35%?

Vertex: One Of My All-Time Favorite Biotech Stocks Has More Room To Run

Feb 28

We Like The Quality Of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:VRTX) Earnings

Feb 22
We Like The Quality Of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:VRTX) Earnings

Earnings Update: Here's Why Analysts Just Lifted Their Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) Price Target To US$452

Feb 07
Earnings Update: Here's Why Analysts Just Lifted Their Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) Price Target To US$452

Vertex And Crispr: Second Casgevy Approval Pushes Revenue Potential Into Multi-Billion Dollar Range

Jan 22

With EPS Growth And More, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) Makes An Interesting Case

Jan 15
With EPS Growth And More, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) Makes An Interesting Case

Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Dec 25
Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: VRTX's short term assets ($9.8B) exceed its short term liabilities ($4.0B).

Long Term Liabilities: VRTX's short term assets ($9.8B) exceed its long term liabilities ($2.6B).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: VRTX is debt free.

Reducing Debt: VRTX had no debt 5 years ago.

Debt Coverage: VRTX has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.

Interest Coverage: VRTX has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.


Balance Sheet


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is covered by 77 analysts. 33 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jasper HellwegArgus Research Company
Brian SkorneyBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research