VRTX Overview

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases, with a focus on specialty markets. It has seven approved medicines: five that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), one that treats severe sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion dependent beta thalassemia (TDT), and one that treats moderate-to-severe acute pain. Its pipeline includes clinical-stage programs in CF, SCD, beta thalassemia, acute and peripheral neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, IgA nephropathy and other autoimmune renal diseases and cytopenias, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1, and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Its marketed medicines are TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor), and KALYDECO (ivacaftor).

Wall Street analysts forecast VRTX stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for VRTX is515.88 USD with a low forecast of 414.00 USD and a high forecast of 604.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc revenue for the last quarter amounts to 3.19B USD, increased 9.55

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. EPS for the last quarter amounts to 4.65 USD, increased 30.99

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX) has 6400 emplpoyees as of April 21 2026.

Today VRTX has the market capitalization of 111.71B USD.