Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.05 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $84 Mil. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $725 Mil. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,580 Mil. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.05.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

VRTX' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.12 Max: 0.88
Current: 0.05

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Vertex Pharmaceuticals was 0.88. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.12.

VRTX's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
73.25% of 1073 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 0.14 vs VRTX: 0.05

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity 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

Debt-to-Equity

0.11

0.10

0.07

0.05

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.07	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(83.7	+	724.7)	/	17580.4
	=	0.05

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(83.7	+	724.7)	/	17580.4
	=	0.05

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NAS:VRTX) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

50 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA, USA, 02210

Website

https://www.vrtx.com

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