§ BIOTECHNOLOGY
USD · Biotechnology

VRTX

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
USDSector · BiotechnologyMarket cap · $111.4BBeta · 0.37
LAST · MARKET CLOSE · OCT 05
504.73
−2.01 ▼ 0.40%PREV CLOSE · $506.74
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 509.50HIGH 509.50LOW 499.9552W 362.50 — 510.77
EVENTSJUL 07 · TO SELLJUN 30 · EARNINGS −2.1%

§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
903 increased/new, 642 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
ANALYST
33 buy, 6 hold, 1 sell
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§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E28.2P/B6.16
EPS (TTM)15.33
§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
All holders →
FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
Capital World Investors25.4M1.5%−1%
BlackRock, Inc.24.0M0.2%+1%
Capital Research Global Investors21.1M1.5%+22%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC16.5Mn/an/a
State Street11.7M0.2%+0%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO7.0Mn/an/a
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for VRTX as of the most recent 13F reporting period (Q1 2026 · Period ended Mar 31). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

QUALITY / COMPOUNDER35.0% · 46 holders
OTHER29.4% · 1,442 holders
DEALER / BANK16.8% · 101 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX14.9% · 15 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE2.5% · 59 holders
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT1.0% · 16 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO0.4% · 6 holders
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.1% · 2 holders
ACTIVIST0.1% · 1 holder
DEEP VALUE0.0% · 1 holder
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderActionShares$ value
JUL 07Tatsis OuraniaSELL2K−$787K
JUL 07McKechnie DuncanSELL2K−$800K
JUL 06Liu JoySELL828−$416K
JUN 23Bozic CarmenSELL1K−$471K
JUN 09Bozic CarmenSELL2K−$785K
JUN 03Liu JoySELL828−$364K
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

0 insider buys, 12 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES

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