Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

VRTX Healthcare Biotechnology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.0 billion, up 8.90% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.9%
EPS
−39.2%
Free cash flow
−52.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

547.43 4.93 +0.91%
Market cap
$137.5B
P/E
34.9×
Fwd P/E
33.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
12.06
Beneish M
−2.17
Dividend safety
n/a

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Return on assets

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.8%, down 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.0% (fiscal 2015) to 42.8% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of −46.1% and above the Healthcare sector median of −29.5%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 16.4% 18.78
FY2024 −2.37% (20.08)
FY2023 17.7% (3.33)
FY2022 21.0% 2.44
FY2021 18.6% (8.42)
FY2020 27.0% 10.86
FY2019 16.2% (26.67)
FY2018 42.8% 34.65
FY2017 8.18% 12.33
FY2016 −4.15% 18.87

Against its own ten years

Low −23.0% High 42.8%
Ten-year median 16.4%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 13.8%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 11.4%
ONC BeOne Medicines Ltd. - Sponsored ADR compare 10.5%
GMAB Genmab A/S Sponsored ADR compare 8.30%
RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC compare 3.47%
ARGX argenex SE compare 0.00%
ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. compare −5.15%
MRNA Moderna, Inc. compare −21.8%
RVMD Revolution Medicines, Inc. compare −57.1%
Biotechnology industry median −46.1%
Healthcare sector median −29.5%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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