Vertex Pharmaceuticals - VRTX Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $322.79
Forecasted Upside: 0.42%
Number of Analysts: 15
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
6 Hold Ratings
9 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$321.45 As of 01/27/2023 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.43 (0.13%)

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Analyst Price Target for VRTX

^$322.79

▲ +0.42% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 15 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the last 3 months. The average price target is $322.79, with a high forecast of $374.00 and a low forecast of $280.00. The average price target represents a 0.42% upside from the last price of $321.45.

Current Consensus is Buy

The current consensus among 15 contributing investment analysts is to buy stock in Vertex Pharmaceuticals. This Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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14 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
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8/7/2021

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7 hold ratings
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11/5/2021

0 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
7 hold ratings
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2/3/2022

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11 buy ratings
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5/4/2022

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11 buy ratings
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8/2/2022

0 strong buy ratings
12 buy ratings
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10/31/2022

0 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
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12/30/2022

0 strong buy ratings
9 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
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1/29/2023

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
1/24/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$285.00 ➝ $286.00	Low
1/19/2023	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$293.00 ➝ $296.00	Low
1/18/2023	Canaccord Genuity Group	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$311.00	Low
1/17/2023	SVB Leerink	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$374.00	Low
12/19/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$340.00	Low
11/17/2022	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$320.00 ➝ $340.00	Low
11/1/2022	Guggenheim	Boost Target		$318.00	Low
11/1/2022	Robert W. Baird	Boost Target		$280.00	Low
10/28/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$281.00 ➝ $288.00	Low
10/28/2022	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$307.00 ➝ $313.00	Low
10/28/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$253.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
10/28/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$305.00 ➝ $335.00	Low
10/28/2022	Cowen	Boost Target		$315.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
10/28/2022	Cowen	Boost Target		$315.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
10/24/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$319.00 ➝ $327.00	Low
10/16/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target		$288.00 ➝ $293.00	Low
8/16/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$256.00 ➝ $288.00	Low
8/8/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$250.00 ➝ $253.00	Low
8/5/2022	HC Wainwright	Boost Target	Buy	$275.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
8/5/2022	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$291.00 ➝ $307.00	Low
7/26/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$242.00 ➝ $256.00	Low
7/12/2022	Cantor Fitzgerald	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$365.00	N/A
6/13/2022	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$305.00 ➝ $310.00	Medium
6/13/2022	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$275.00 ➝ $280.00	High
6/13/2022	Cowen	Boost Target		$305.00 ➝ $310.00	High
6/1/2022	Maxim Group	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$325.00	Medium
5/23/2022	SVB Leerink	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$265.00	High
5/6/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target		$300.00 ➝ $305.00	Medium
5/6/2022	Robert W. Baird	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$250.00	Medium
5/6/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target		$249.00 ➝ $242.00	Medium
5/3/2022	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$250.00	Medium
4/21/2022	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$245.00 ➝ $249.00	High
4/13/2022	UBS Group	Boost Target		$258.00 ➝ $325.00	High
4/5/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $300.00	N/A
4/4/2022	Oppenheimer	Boost Target		$305.00 ➝ $350.00	Low
3/23/2022	HC Wainwright	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$275.00	High
2/3/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$269.00	Medium
1/27/2022	Wolfe Research	Boost Target	Outperform	$271.00 ➝ $282.00	Low
1/27/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$260.00 ➝ $288.00	Low
1/27/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$268.00 ➝ $269.00	Low
1/27/2022	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Hold	$213.00 ➝ $222.00	Low
1/27/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$203.00 ➝ $208.00	Low
1/20/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$202.00 ➝ $274.00	Medium
12/23/2021	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$265.00	Low
12/8/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$270.00	Low
12/2/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Fair Value ➝ Outperform	$250.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
11/18/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$202.00	Medium
11/18/2021	Piper Sandler	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$323.00 ➝ $218.00	Low
11/3/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$246.00 ➝ $250.00	High
9/9/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$244.00 ➝ $213.00	Medium
9/7/2021	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$202.00	High
7/30/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$205.00 ➝ $202.00	Low
7/30/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$246.00 ➝ $248.00	Low
7/30/2021	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Underperform	$170.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
7/30/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Overweight	$261.00 ➝ $323.00	Low
7/20/2021	SVB Leerink	Downgrade	Market Perform ➝ Underperform	$200.00 ➝ $170.00	Low
7/19/2021	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$252.00	Low
6/30/2021	Raymond James	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform		Low
6/14/2021	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $331.00	Low
6/14/2021	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$347.00 ➝ $261.00	Low
6/14/2021	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Reduce ➝ Market Perform	$250.00 ➝ $200.00	Low
6/13/2021	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
6/11/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Buy	$277.00 ➝ $244.00	High
6/11/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Buy	$358.00 ➝ $307.00	High
6/11/2021	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$302.00 ➝ $285.00	High
6/11/2021	Cantor Fitzgerald	Lower Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $281.00	High
6/11/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$254.00 ➝ $205.00	High
6/11/2021	Robert W. Baird	Lower Target	Outperform	$252.00 ➝ $240.00	High
6/11/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Positive ➝ Outperform	$262.00 ➝ $242.00	High
6/11/2021	Daiwa Capital Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$210.00	High
5/3/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$253.00 ➝ $254.00	Low
4/26/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$253.00 ➝ $254.00	N/A
4/19/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$251.00 ➝ $253.00	Low
4/11/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
2/23/2021	Robert W. Baird	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $252.00	Medium
2/2/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$302.00 ➝ $284.00	Low
2/2/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$285.00 ➝ $280.00	Low
2/2/2021	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$257.00 ➝ $250.00	Low
2/2/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Overweight	$307.00 ➝ $347.00	Low
2/2/2021	HC Wainwright	Lower Target	Buy	$315.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
1/19/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$249.00 ➝ $251.00	Low
12/30/2020	Daiwa Capital Markets	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$250.00	N/A
12/11/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
11/30/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Upgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform	$247.00 ➝ $267.00	Low
11/20/2020	Sanford C. Bernstein	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$275.00	Low
11/1/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
10/30/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$327.00 ➝ $307.00	Low
10/30/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$292.00 ➝ $285.00	Low
10/30/2020	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$267.00 ➝ $257.00	High
10/28/2020	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$287.00	Low
10/26/2020	Needham & Company LLC	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
10/19/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$281.00 ➝ $249.00	Medium
10/15/2020	Truist Financial	Lower Target		$330.00 ➝ $305.00	High
10/15/2020	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$283.00 ➝ $267.00	High
10/13/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$300.00 ➝ $281.00	Low
9/18/2020	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
8/24/2020	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Market Perform	$274.00 ➝ $283.00	Medium
7/31/2020	Cantor Fitzgerald	Boost Target	Overweight	$293.00 ➝ $305.00	High
7/31/2020	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Market Perform	$263.00 ➝ $274.00	High
7/31/2020	HC Wainwright	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $315.00	High
7/31/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Overweight	$302.00 ➝ $327.00	High
7/20/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$298.00 ➝ $328.00	High
7/16/2020	Cowen	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $300.00	Low
7/14/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $340.00	High
7/8/2020	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$277.00 ➝ $300.00	Medium
7/2/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Conviction-Buy	$290.00 ➝ $330.00	Low
6/24/2020	SunTrust Banks	Boost Target	Buy	$285.00 ➝ $330.00	High
6/12/2020	Citigroup	Boost Target	Top Pick ➝ Buy	$305.00 ➝ $325.00	Low
5/15/2020	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$270.00 ➝ $320.00	High
5/1/2020	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $305.00	Medium
4/30/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$298.00	Medium
4/30/2020	Cfra	Boost Target	Buy	$286.00 ➝ $297.00	Low
4/30/2020	Guggenheim	Boost Target	Buy	$266.00 ➝ $290.00	High
4/30/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$279.00 ➝ $283.00	High
4/30/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$275.00 ➝ $285.00	High
4/30/2020	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $305.00	High
4/30/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$258.00 ➝ $277.00	High
4/30/2020	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Market Perform	$224.00 ➝ $263.00	High
4/30/2020	JMP Securities	Boost Target	Market Outperform	$255.00 ➝ $285.00	High
4/30/2020	HC Wainwright	Boost Target	Buy	$270.00 ➝ $295.00	High
4/28/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$250.00 ➝ $260.00	High
4/27/2020	Piper Sandler	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$300.00	High
4/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$251.00 ➝ $258.00	Medium
3/27/2020	Piper Sandler	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$300.00	High
3/12/2020	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$282.00	High
3/11/2020	Cantor Fitzgerald	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$262.00 ➝ $275.00	Medium
3/4/2020	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$271.00	High
3/3/2020	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$260.00	Medium
3/2/2020	Argus	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Buy	$248.00 ➝ $270.00	High
2/2/2020	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$270.00	Medium
1/31/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Target		$284.00 ➝ $300.00	Medium
1/31/2020	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $295.00	High
1/31/2020	Needham & Company LLC	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
1/31/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$250.00 ➝ $251.00	Low
1/31/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$243.00 ➝ $275.00	High
1/31/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$240.00 ➝ $260.00	High
1/31/2020	Cfra	Boost Target	Buy	$237.00 ➝ $286.00	High
1/31/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$253.00 ➝ $258.00	High
1/31/2020	SunTrust Banks	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$285.00	High
1/31/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$247.00 ➝ $260.00	High
1/31/2020	HC Wainwright	Boost Target	Buy	$220.00 ➝ $270.00	High
1/31/2020	Robert W. Baird	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $230.00	High
1/14/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
1/9/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target		$248.00 ➝ $268.00	Low
1/8/2020	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $265.00	Low
1/6/2020	Piper Jaffray Companies	Boost Target	Overweight	$247.00 ➝ $284.00	N/A
1/2/2020	Raymond James	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
12/18/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$218.00 ➝ $247.00	Low
12/16/2019	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$248.00	Medium
12/13/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Upgrade	Buy	$231.00	Low
11/20/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Positive	$248.00	Low
11/19/2019	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
11/19/2019	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$252.00	High
11/12/2019	SunTrust Banks	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$235.00	Medium
11/4/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$228.00	Low
11/1/2019	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
10/31/2019	Piper Jaffray Companies	Boost Target	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $247.00	High
10/22/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Overweight	$213.00 ➝ $221.00	Low
10/22/2019	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Market Perform	$186.00 ➝ $203.00	High
10/22/2019	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy	$205.00 ➝ $225.00	High
10/21/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Set Target	Buy	$232.00	Medium
10/21/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Set Target	Buy	$220.00	Medium
10/21/2019	Cowen	Set Target	Buy	$220.00	Medium
10/21/2019	Robert W. Baird	Set Target	Buy	$210.00	Medium
10/21/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Set Target	Buy	$218.00	Medium
10/16/2019	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$220.00	Medium
9/23/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target		$210.00 ➝ $220.00	Medium
9/6/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $240.00	Low
9/3/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$226.00 ➝ $254.00	High
8/12/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Target	Buy	$213.00	Low
8/2/2019	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
8/1/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$209.00 ➝ $213.00	Low
8/1/2019	Piper Jaffray Companies	Boost Target	Overweight	$217.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
8/1/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$205.00 ➝ $211.00	Low
8/1/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$212.00	High
8/1/2019	HC Wainwright	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	High
8/1/2019	Needham & Company LLC	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		High
7/31/2019	Cowen	Set Target	Buy	$220.00	N/A
6/2/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
5/23/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	Low
5/23/2019	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$205.00	Low
5/20/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$209.00 ➝ $209.00	Medium
5/1/2019	Needham & Company LLC	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$195.00	Low
5/1/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$209.00	High
4/30/2019	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	High
4/11/2019	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	In-Line	$183.00	Low
3/26/2019	William Blair	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$183.85	Medium
3/19/2019	SVB Leerink	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$185.40	Medium
3/7/2019	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $230.00	Low
3/6/2019	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	Medium
3/6/2019	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
2/6/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$234.00	High
2/6/2019	Maxim Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		High
1/4/2019	Citigroup	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$206.00 ➝ $205.00	Medium
1/2/2019	Raymond James	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$165.71	Low
12/19/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$211.00 ➝ $210.00	High
12/17/2018	Guggenheim	Initiated Coverage	Neutral		Medium
12/17/2018	Cantor Fitzgerald	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$217.00	High
11/27/2018	Oppenheimer	Set Target	Buy	$200.00	High
11/27/2018	Cantor Fitzgerald	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$217.00	Low
10/26/2018	Piper Jaffray Companies	Lower Target	Overweight	$217.00	Medium
10/26/2018	HC Wainwright	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$220.00	High
10/25/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$204.00 ➝ $192.00	High
10/25/2018	Raymond James	Set Target	Buy	$211.00 ➝ $201.00	High
10/24/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
10/2/2018	Raymond James	Initiated Coverage	Buy		Low
10/1/2018	Cantor Fitzgerald	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$217.00	Medium
8/28/2018	Argus	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Average	$200.00	High
8/7/2018	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$182.00 ➝ $200.00	Medium
7/30/2018	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$203.00 ➝ $206.00	Medium
7/26/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$203.00	Medium
7/26/2018	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$183.00 ➝ $188.00	High
7/26/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$207.00 ➝ $211.00	High
7/26/2018	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$180.00 ➝ $200.00	High
7/26/2018	Piper Jaffray Companies	Boost Target	Overweight	$230.00	High
7/26/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$204.00	High
7/16/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$210.00	Low
7/1/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
6/12/2018	Argus	Set Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$172.00	Low
4/27/2018	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00	Low
4/27/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $207.00	Low
4/27/2018	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00	High
3/5/2018	Maxim Group	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$195.00 ➝ $200.00	Medium
2/23/2018	Argus	Set Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$194.00	High
2/13/2018	JMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform ➝ Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $211.00	Low
2/13/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$195.00 ➝ $196.00	Low
2/13/2018	HC Wainwright	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$103.00	Low
2/2/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$198.00 ➝ $200.00	Medium
2/1/2018	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$180.00 ➝ $197.00	High
2/1/2018	HC Wainwright	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$103.00	High
2/1/2018	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
2/1/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$184.00 ➝ $191.00	High
2/1/2018	SVB Leerink	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$175.00 ➝ $190.00	High
2/1/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$200.00	High
2/1/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$195.00	High
2/1/2018	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$180.00 ➝ $200.00	High
1/31/2018	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$195.00	Low

(Data available from 1/29/2018 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.74 (Buy)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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8 very positive mentions
19 positive mentions
4 negative mentions
3 very negative mentions

Mentions as of

7/3/2022

10 very positive mentions
21 positive mentions
4 negative mentions
1 very negative mentions

Mentions as of

8/2/2022

9 very positive mentions
41 positive mentions
3 negative mentions
1 very negative mentions

Mentions as of

9/1/2022

9 very positive mentions
17 positive mentions
3 negative mentions
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biotechnology company, which engages in the business of discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercializing small molecule drugs for patients with serious diseases. The firm focuses on development and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, infectious diseases including viral infections such as influenza and bacterial infections, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and neurological disorders including pain and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Joshua S. Boger in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Today's Range

Now: $321.45

$319.58

$323.67

50 Day Range

MA: $304.49

$283.23

$321.48

52 Week Range

Now: $321.45

$225.28

$324.75

Volume

1,288,678 shs

Average Volume

1,266,574 shs

Market Capitalization

$82.51 billion

P/E Ratio

25.35

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

0.46

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What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals?: The following Wall Street analysts have issued stock ratings on Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the last twelve months: Argus, Barclays PLC, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald, Cowen Inc, Cowen Inc., Guggenheim, HC Wainwright, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Maxim Group, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank of Canada, StockNews.com, SVB Leerink LLC, UBS Group AG, and Wells Fargo & Company.
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What is the current price target for Vertex Pharmaceuticals?: 19 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $322.79, suggesting a possible upside of 0.4%. SVB Leerink LLC has the highest price target set, predicting VRTX will reach $374.00 in the next twelve months. Robert W. Baird has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $280.00 for Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for Vertex Pharmaceuticals?: Vertex Pharmaceuticals currently has 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Buy." A "buy" rating indicates that analysts believe VRTX will outperform the market and that investors should add to their positions of Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
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What other companies compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals?: Other companies that are similar to Vertex Pharmaceuticals include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Zoetis and GSK. Learn More about companies similar to Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
How do I contact Vertex Pharmaceuticals' investor relations team?: Vertex Pharmaceuticals' physical mailing address is 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA, 02210. The pharmaceutical company's listed phone number is (617) 341-6100 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Vertex Pharmaceuticals is www.vrtx.com. Learn More about contacing Vertex Pharmaceuticals investor relations.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals - VRTX Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for VRTX

Current Consensus is Buy

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News Sentiment Rating

0.74 (Buy)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals?

What is the current price target for Vertex Pharmaceuticals?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Vertex Pharmaceuticals?

What other companies compete with Vertex Pharmaceuticals?

How do I contact Vertex Pharmaceuticals' investor relations team?