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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) Net Cash per Share

: $23.55 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $23.55.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

VRTX' s Price-to-Net-Cash Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.35   Med: 24.22   Max: 224.15
Current: 16.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Net-Cash Ratio of Vertex Pharmaceuticals was 224.15. The lowest was 11.35. And the median was 24.22.

VRTX's Price-to-Net-Cash is ranked worse than
86.38% of 874 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.855 vs VRTX: 16.75

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Net Cash per Share 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net Cash per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.08 13.83 16.47 25.45 23.55

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net Cash per Share 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.45 22.80 24.66 26.04 23.55

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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 Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Vertex Pharmaceuticals Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(11218.3-5149.8-0)/257.695
=23.55

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(11218.3-5149.8-0)/257.695
=23.55

* 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  (NAS:VRTX) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) 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.
Executives
Jeffrey M Leiden director 15 N BEACH ROAD, HOBE SOUND FL 33455
Wagner Charles F Jr officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O MILLIPORE CORP, BILLERICA MA 01820
Reshma Kewalramani director, officer: CEO & President C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Stuart A Arbuckle officer: EVP, COO VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 130 WAVERLY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Amit Sachdev officer: SVP, Public Policy,Gov Affairs C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 130 WAVERLY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
David Altshuler officer: EVP, Global Research and CSO C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 130 WAVERLY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Carmen Bozic officer: EVP and CMO C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Bruce I Sachs director C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Sangeeta N. Bhatia director C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Michel Lagarde director 450 LEXINGTON AVE., 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Atkinson Edward Morrow Iii officer: EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off. C/O 89BIO, INC., 142 SANSOME STREET, SECOND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Ourania Tatsis officer: EVP, Chief Reg. & Quality Off. C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Terrence C Kearney director IN CARE OF HOSPIRA, INC., 275 NORTH FIELD DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Kristen Ambrose officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210
Bastiano Sanna officer: EVP, Cell & Genetic Therapies C/O VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 50 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02210