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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.5%, EPS grew 7.96% and free cash flow grew 9.25%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

499.39 9.36 −1.84%
Market cap
$129.0B
P/E
28.8×
Fwd P/E
25.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
12.06
Beneish M
−2.17
Dividend safety
n/a

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Return on invested capital

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 24.1%, up 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −37.3% (fiscal 2015) to 75.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 21.6% 23.03
FY2024 −1.40% (36.94)
FY2023 35.5% (39.98)
FY2022 75.5% 19.15
FY2021 56.4% (13.18)
FY2020 69.6% 42.97
FY2019 26.6% 5.10
FY2018 21.5% 7.15
FY2017 14.3% 13.41
FY2016 0.92% 38.19

Against its own ten years

Low −37.3% High 75.5%
Ten-year median 21.6%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ONC BeOne Medicines Ltd. - Sponsored ADR compare 60.2%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 24.1%
ARGX argenex SE compare 20.7%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 9.34%
RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC compare 5.28%
RVMD Revolution Medicines, Inc. compare 0.00%
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 0.00%
ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. compare −34.5%
MRNA Moderna, Inc. compare −93.5%
Biotechnology industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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