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Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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13%+4.2pp
Merck & Co. logo
Merck & Co.MRK
10.8%-12.8pp
Roivant Sciences logo
Roivant SciencesROIV
-25.6%
Johnson & Johnson logo
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ
20.6%+0.3pp
Viatris logo
ViatrisVTRS
0.5%+0.3pp
Royalty Pharma logo
Royalty PharmaRPRX
9.2%-2.9pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B+7.8%
Gross profit$2.6B+7.8%
Operating income$1.1B+80.6%
Net income$1.0B+59.6%
EPS (diluted)$4.02+61.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.5B+17.5%
Total debt$2.0B+20.5%
Total equity$19.4B+17.4%
Total assets$26.5B+15.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.4B+74.4%
CapEx$133.4M+228%
Free cash flow$1.3B+66.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$114.63B-8.9%
Enterprise value$111.11B-9.5%
P/E26.4×
P/S9.4×-2.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin86.2%+0.2pp
Operating margin38.3%
Net margin35.5%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity24.2%
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Vertex Pharmaceuticals’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Vertex Pharmaceuticals’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Vertex Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) reported return on invested capital of 26.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Vertex Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital increased by 602.5% year-over-year, from -5.3% to 26.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Vertex Pharmaceuticals's return on invested capital has grown at a -13.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 129.8% to 71.8%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.