VRTX
Vertex PharmaceuticalsVertex Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +41.6%, against +27.1% over three months and +14.5% over one. It trades 20.3% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 28.5% is moderate by single-stock standards.
Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -15.2%, and it has traded a median $668M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.20 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.
How VRTX scores on all four profiles
Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Biotechnology.
Start a free 7-day trial| 1 day | +4.5% |
| 1 week | +5.0% |
| 1 month | +14.5% |
| 3 months | +27.1% |
| 6 months | +17.4% |
| 1 year | +41.6% |
| 12-1 momentum | +23.6% |
| Volatility (1y, annualized) | 28.5% |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -15.2% |
| Distance vs 200-day average | +20.3% |
| Return per unit of risk | 1.46 |
| Median daily dollar volume | $668M |
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