Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 6.43% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.36%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $120.86 billion.

Buying $1000 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of VRTX stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $13,864.68 today based on a price of $468.36 for VRTX at the time of writing.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Performance Over Last 15 Years

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