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 invested capital

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 73.7% (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

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 21.6% 23.03
FY2024 −1.40% (36.94)
FY2023 35.5% (38.14)
FY2022 73.7% 18.74
FY2021 54.9% (13.20)
FY2020 68.1% 42.02
FY2019 26.1% 4.76
FY2018 21.4% 7.62
FY2017 13.7% 12.82
FY2016 0.92% 38.19

Against its own ten years

Low −37.3% High 73.7%
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%
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 0.00%
RVMD Revolution Medicines, Inc. compare 0.00%
MRNA Moderna, Inc. compare −93.5%
INSM Insmed, Inc. compare −329.2%
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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