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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cash-to-Debt

: 10.44 (As of Jun. 2020)
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Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Vertex Pharmaceuticals's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 10.44.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Vertex Pharmaceuticals could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020.

NAS:VRTX' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 2.72   Max: 26.61
Current: 10.44
0.66
26.61

During the past 13 years, Vertex Pharmaceuticals's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 26.61. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 2.72.

NAS:VRTX's Cash-to-Debt is ranked higher than
53% of the 1240 Companies
in the Biotechnology industry.

( Industry Median: 8.35 vs. NAS:VRTX: 10.44 )

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Cash-to-Debt Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.26 1.71 3.44 5.45 7.07

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
Cash-to-Debt Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.46 6.61 7.07 7.86 10.44
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cash-to-Debt Distribution

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


Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio= Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / Total Debt
= Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / (Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
=3808.294 / (0 + 538.576)
=7.07

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio= Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / Total Debt
= Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / (Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
=5450.769 / (0 + 522.067)
=10.44

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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