After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Biotechnology industry segment, falling under the Healthcare sector. The current market capitalization of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc is $96.01B. A total of 2.78 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.64M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Kewalramani Reshma bought 10,000 shares of VRTX for 389.58 per share on Aug 06 ’25. After the transaction, the CEO & President now owns 115,968 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 06 ’25, SACHS BRUCE I bought 5,000 shares at 389.68 per share. VRTX shares that Director owns now total 45,000.
Among the insiders who bought shares, LR 2019 Benefit Trust acquired of 170 shares on May 21 ’25 at a per-share price of $447.18. In another insider transaction, SR 2019 Benefit Trust bought 170 shares at $447.18 per share on May 21 ’25.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VRTX has a high of $519.88 and a low of $364.66.
As of this writing, VRTX has an earnings estimate of $4.63 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 20.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $5.01 per share and a lower estimate of $4.33. The company reported an EPS of $4.38 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. VRTX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $7.52B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $967.40M in debt and $2.14B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $67.01, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $10.10B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for VRTX is Buy with a score of 4.03.
