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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (BSP:VRTX34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 64.42 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-15), Vertex Pharmaceuticals's current share price is R$548.90. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$8.52. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 64.42.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:VRTX34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 55.85   Med: 72.55   Max: 924.7
Current: 63.19

During the past years, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 924.70. The lowest was 55.85. And the median was 72.55.

BSP:VRTX34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
56.19% of 105 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 57.44 vs BSP:VRTX34: 63.19

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$5.046. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$8.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 384.37 111.35 68.93 60.17 64.67

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 59.90 61.40 55.45 64.67 61.44

Competitive Comparison of Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=548.90/8.52
=64.42

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=5.046/129.4194*129.4194
=5.046

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.334 100.560 -0.430
201409 -0.240 100.428 -0.309
201412 -0.544 99.070 -0.711
201503 -0.763 99.621 -0.991
201506 -0.400 100.684 -0.514
201509 -0.286 100.392 -0.369
201512 0.066 99.792 0.086
201603 -0.103 100.470 -0.133
201606 0.087 101.688 0.111
201609 0.172 101.861 0.219
201612 0.444 101.863 0.564
201703 0.800 102.862 1.007
201706 0.538 103.349 0.674
201709 -0.056 104.136 -0.070
201712 0.592 104.011 0.737
201803 0.708 105.290 0.870
201806 1.065 106.317 1.296
201809 1.425 106.507 1.732
201812 1.117 105.998 1.364
201903 1.132 107.251 1.366
201906 1.660 108.070 1.988
201909 1.228 108.329 1.467
201912 1.680 108.420 2.005
202003 3.691 108.902 4.386
202006 5.026 108.767 5.980
202009 3.747 109.815 4.416
202012 2.183 109.897 2.571
202103 4.573 111.754 5.296
202106 -1.202 114.631 -1.357
202109 4.446 115.734 4.972
202112 5.135 117.630 5.650
202203 4.306 121.301 4.594
202206 5.300 125.017 5.487
202209 4.553 125.227 4.705
202212 5.264 125.222 5.440
202303 4.291 127.348 4.361
202306 5.008 128.729 5.035
202309 5.817 129.860 5.797
202312 0.557 129.419 0.557
202403 5.046 129.419 5.046

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Vertex Pharmaceuticals  (BSP:VRTX34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (BSP:VRTX34) Business Description

Address
50 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA, USA, 02210
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company that discovers and develops small-molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Its key drugs are Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, and Trikafta/Kaftrio for cystic fibrosis, where Vertex therapies remain the standard of care globally. Vertex is diversifying its pipeline through gene-editing therapies such as CTX001 for beta thalassemia and sickle-cell disease, small-molecule inhibitors targeting acute and chronic pain using nonopioid treatments, and small-molecule inhibitors of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. Vertex is also investigating cell therapies to deliver a potential functional cure for type 1 diabetes.

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