Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX

526.19 3.81 0.73% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$132.3B
P/E
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Return on assets

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 17.1%, up 0.7 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 −49.2% and above the Healthcare sector median of −30.9%.

Return on assets, annual

Annual

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
ARGX argenex SE compare 20.0%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 17.1%
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 15.3%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 10.8%
ONC BeOne Medicines Ltd. - Sponsored ADR compare 8.47%
RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC compare 4.26%
MRNA Moderna, Inc. compare −27.4%
INSM Insmed, Inc. compare −38.2%
RVMD Revolution Medicines, Inc. compare −52.4%
Biotechnology industry median −49.2%
Healthcare sector median −30.9%
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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