4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, drug developer Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NAS: VRTX) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Vertex's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Vertex facts
Headquarters (founded) | Cambridge, Mass. (1989) |
Market Cap | $8.5 billion |
Industry | Biotechnology |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.4 billion |
Management | Dr. Jeffrey Leiden (since February 2012) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (61.6%) |
Cash/Debt | $968.9 million / $400.0 million |
Competitors | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 92% of the 716 members who have rated Vertex believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, irishred1, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Just gettin started -- looked at [price-to-sales] compared with [Alexion Pharmaceuticals] and this one has so much upside it astounds me. 2nd blockbuster Kalydeco coming along and then possible expansion to other [cystic-fibrosis] patients, combined with fact of all oral HCV treatments being tested and INCIVEK blockbuster profit machine for next couple years ... count me in.
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