Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX): Today's Featured Health Care Laggard
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated engages in discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases worldwide. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $9.67 billion and is part of the drugs industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 72, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 34.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 15 analysts that rate Vertex Pharmaceuticals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Vertex Pharmaceuticals as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.
- You can view the full Vertex Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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