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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTX)

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Analysis of Solvency Ratios 
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Solvency Ratios (Summary)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., solvency ratios (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Debt Ratios
Debt to equity 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12
Debt to capital 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11
Debt to assets 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
Financial leverage 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.30 1.28 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.32 1.33 1.35 1.35 1.39 1.36 1.38 1.37 1.43 1.39 1.39
Coverage Ratios
Interest coverage 100.32 96.54 90.90 82.27 78.23 70.08 66.72 48.17 45.40 44.83 40.33 55.95 54.60 52.77 40.26 30.99 24.84

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to equity ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to equity ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to capital ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total debt (including operating lease liability) plus shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to capital ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to assets ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total assets. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to assets ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. financial leverage ratio increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then decreased significantly from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. interest coverage ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Equity

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to equity calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
 
Shareholders’ equity 17,580,400 16,512,800 15,470,200 14,432,300 13,912,700 13,029,600 11,933,500 10,907,000 10,100,000 9,530,708 9,196,396 8,980,254 8,686,815 8,133,473 7,519,242 6,461,654 6,085,244 5,253,394 5,069,965 4,723,313
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity1 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 5.73 5.02 4.74 4.68 3.67 4.35 4.98 4.51 4.98 5.96 6.53 6.24 6.58 5.70 5.94
Amgen Inc. 10.37 7.90 9.08 11.52 10.64 10.60 15.10 40.23 4.97 4.57 3.98 3.50 3.51 3.13 3.21 3.36 3.09 2.73 2.84 3.05
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1.35 1.30 1.18 1.19 1.27 1.20 1.29 1.42 1.24 1.20 1.23 1.23 1.34 0.90 0.95 0.94 0.91 1.41 1.56 0.40
Danaher Corp. 0.34 0.42 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.47 0.49 0.54 0.48 0.50 0.53 0.57 0.62 0.84 0.72 0.54 0.32 0.30
Eli Lilly & Co. 2.34 1.80 1.70 1.69 1.52 1.58 1.97 1.77 1.88 2.20 2.56 2.35 2.94 3.51 3.99 5.60 5.88 4.50 5.68 6.44
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.09 1.12 1.19 1.20 1.19 1.20 1.30 1.32 1.27 1.29 1.53 1.59 1.73 1.68 1.34 1.09 1.09 1.19 1.15 1.21
Johnson & Johnson 0.43 0.42 0.61 0.75 0.52 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.46 0.48 0.48 0.51 0.56 0.59 0.48 0.45 0.47 0.50 0.48 0.50
Merck & Co. Inc. 0.93 0.85 0.95 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.73 0.78 0.87 0.74 0.80 1.16 1.26 0.98 1.12 1.07 1.02 0.97 0.96 0.94
Moderna Inc. 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03
Pfizer Inc. 0.81 0.66 0.66 0.36 0.37 0.40 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.53 0.56 0.58 0.63 0.97 0.99 0.80 0.83 0.81 0.78 0.77
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.23 0.24 0.27 0.24 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.75 0.78 0.78 0.83 0.78 0.67 0.72 0.81 0.85 0.56 0.51 0.53 0.63 0.66 0.71 0.70 0.60 0.58 0.66 0.66

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to equity = Total debt ÷ Shareholders’ equity
= 376,100 ÷ 17,580,400 = 0.02

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to equity ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Equity (including Operating Lease Liability)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to equity (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Long-term operating lease liabilities 348,600 354,400 363,500 371,600 379,500 382,300 365,000 377,000 377,400 363,545 368,924 368,467 350,463
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 724,700 744,700 767,600 789,200 810,300 824,600 847,300 872,500 887,200 876,800 893,849 898,797 889,505 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
 
Shareholders’ equity 17,580,400 16,512,800 15,470,200 14,432,300 13,912,700 13,029,600 11,933,500 10,907,000 10,100,000 9,530,708 9,196,396 8,980,254 8,686,815 8,133,473 7,519,242 6,461,654 6,085,244 5,253,394 5,069,965 4,723,313
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability)1 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
Moderna Inc. 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.04 0.03 0.03

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Shareholders’ equity
= 724,700 ÷ 17,580,400 = 0.04

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to equity ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Capital

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to capital calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Shareholders’ equity 17,580,400 16,512,800 15,470,200 14,432,300 13,912,700 13,029,600 11,933,500 10,907,000 10,100,000 9,530,708 9,196,396 8,980,254 8,686,815 8,133,473 7,519,242 6,461,654 6,085,244 5,253,394 5,069,965 4,723,313
Total capital 17,956,500 16,903,100 15,874,300 14,849,900 14,343,500 13,471,900 12,415,800 11,402,500 10,609,800 10,043,963 9,721,321 9,510,584 9,225,857 8,679,987 8,041,309 6,994,606 6,623,820 5,794,955 5,621,495 5,283,694
Solvency Ratio
Debt to capital1 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11
Benchmarks
Debt to Capital, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 0.85 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.79 0.81 0.83 0.82 0.83 0.86 0.87 0.86 0.87 0.85 0.86 1.12 1.14 1.27 1.30 1.27
Amgen Inc. 0.91 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.91 0.91 0.94 0.98 0.83 0.82 0.80 0.78 0.78 0.76 0.76 0.77 0.76 0.73 0.74 0.75
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.59 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.57 0.47 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.59 0.61 0.28
Danaher Corp. 0.26 0.30 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.32 0.33 0.35 0.32 0.33 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.46 0.42 0.35 0.24 0.23
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.70 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.60 0.61 0.66 0.64 0.65 0.69 0.72 0.70 0.75 0.78 0.80 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.85 0.87
Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.57 0.56 0.56 0.60 0.61 0.63 0.63 0.57 0.52 0.52 0.54 0.54 0.55
Johnson & Johnson 0.30 0.30 0.38 0.43 0.34 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.33 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33
Merck & Co. Inc. 0.48 0.46 0.49 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.44 0.46 0.42 0.44 0.54 0.56 0.50 0.53 0.52 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.48
Moderna Inc. 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03
Pfizer Inc. 0.45 0.40 0.40 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.32 0.31 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.49 0.50 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.43
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.44 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.46 0.36 0.34 0.35 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.41 0.37 0.37 0.40 0.40

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to capital = Total debt ÷ Total capital
= 376,100 ÷ 17,956,500 = 0.02

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to capital ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Capital (including Operating Lease Liability)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to capital (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Long-term operating lease liabilities 348,600 354,400 363,500 371,600 379,500 382,300 365,000 377,000 377,400 363,545 368,924 368,467 350,463
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 724,700 744,700 767,600 789,200 810,300 824,600 847,300 872,500 887,200 876,800 893,849 898,797 889,505 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Shareholders’ equity 17,580,400 16,512,800 15,470,200 14,432,300 13,912,700 13,029,600 11,933,500 10,907,000 10,100,000 9,530,708 9,196,396 8,980,254 8,686,815 8,133,473 7,519,242 6,461,654 6,085,244 5,253,394 5,069,965 4,723,313
Total capital (including operating lease liability) 18,305,100 17,257,500 16,237,800 15,221,500 14,723,000 13,854,200 12,780,800 11,779,500 10,987,200 10,407,508 10,090,245 9,879,051 9,576,320 8,679,987 8,041,309 6,994,606 6,623,820 5,794,955 5,621,495 5,283,694
Solvency Ratio
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability)1 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11
Benchmarks
Debt to Capital (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
Moderna Inc. 0.08 0.09 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.03

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Total capital (including operating lease liability)
= 724,700 ÷ 18,305,100 = 0.04

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to capital (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total debt (including operating lease liability) plus shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to capital ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Assets

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to assets calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
 
Total assets 22,730,200 21,726,200 20,349,200 18,974,200 18,150,900 16,706,400 15,582,200 14,256,100 13,432,500 12,618,745 12,221,686 12,115,059 11,751,808 11,301,633 10,216,367 8,893,201 8,318,465 7,514,553 7,033,471 6,543,114
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets1 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.46 0.49 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.74 0.75 0.65 0.65 0.65
Amgen Inc. 0.67 0.67 0.68 0.69 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.62 0.54 0.58 0.55 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.52 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.52
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.42 0.44 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.41 0.43 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.43 0.45 0.17
Danaher Corp. 0.22 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.29 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.30 0.31 0.38 0.35 0.29 0.19 0.18
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.39 0.35 0.34 0.36 0.33 0.33 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.36 0.39 0.39 0.42 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.42
Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.42 0.42 0.39 0.41 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.43 0.40 0.40 0.42 0.41 0.42
Johnson & Johnson 0.18 0.18 0.24 0.27 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20
Merck & Co. Inc. 0.33 0.33 0.35 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.28 0.29 0.34 0.35 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.31
Moderna Inc. 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02
Pfizer Inc. 0.32 0.30 0.30 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.26 0.35 0.36 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.29
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.35 0.32 0.33 0.36 0.37 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.31 0.33 0.35 0.34 0.30 0.30 0.33 0.33

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to assets = Total debt ÷ Total assets
= 376,100 ÷ 22,730,200 = 0.02

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to assets ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Debt to Assets (including Operating Lease Liability)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., debt to assets (including operating lease liability) calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Long-term finance lease liabilities 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Total debt 376,100 390,300 404,100 417,600 430,800 442,300 482,300 495,500 509,800 513,255 524,925 530,330 539,042 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
Long-term operating lease liabilities 348,600 354,400 363,500 371,600 379,500 382,300 365,000 377,000 377,400 363,545 368,924 368,467 350,463
Total debt (including operating lease liability) 724,700 744,700 767,600 789,200 810,300 824,600 847,300 872,500 887,200 876,800 893,849 898,797 889,505 546,514 522,067 532,952 538,576 541,561 551,530 560,381
 
Total assets 22,730,200 21,726,200 20,349,200 18,974,200 18,150,900 16,706,400 15,582,200 14,256,100 13,432,500 12,618,745 12,221,686 12,115,059 11,751,808 11,301,633 10,216,367 8,893,201 8,318,465 7,514,553 7,033,471 6,543,114
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability)1 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets (including Operating Lease Liability), Competitors2
Moderna Inc. 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.02

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) = Total debt (including operating lease liability) ÷ Total assets
= 724,700 ÷ 22,730,200 = 0.03

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to assets (including operating lease liability) ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt (including operating lease liability) divided by total assets. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. debt to assets ratio (including operating lease liability) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Financial Leverage

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., financial leverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Total assets 22,730,200 21,726,200 20,349,200 18,974,200 18,150,900 16,706,400 15,582,200 14,256,100 13,432,500 12,618,745 12,221,686 12,115,059 11,751,808 11,301,633 10,216,367 8,893,201 8,318,465 7,514,553 7,033,471 6,543,114
Shareholders’ equity 17,580,400 16,512,800 15,470,200 14,432,300 13,912,700 13,029,600 11,933,500 10,907,000 10,100,000 9,530,708 9,196,396 8,980,254 8,686,815 8,133,473 7,519,242 6,461,654 6,085,244 5,253,394 5,069,965 4,723,313
Solvency Ratio
Financial leverage1 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.30 1.28 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.32 1.33 1.35 1.35 1.39 1.36 1.38 1.37 1.43 1.39 1.39
Benchmarks
Financial Leverage, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 13.00 11.26 10.52 10.14 8.04 8.84 9.77 8.80 9.51 10.99 11.77 10.98 11.51 9.80 10.17
Amgen Inc. 15.59 11.83 13.31 16.59 17.79 17.44 24.51 64.62 9.13 7.91 7.25 6.70 6.69 5.90 6.10 6.50 6.17 5.45 5.50 5.91
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.23 3.15 2.92 2.96 3.12 3.01 3.08 3.26 3.04 2.98 3.01 2.99 3.13 2.50 2.61 2.59 2.52 3.25 3.44 2.29
Danaher Corp. 1.58 1.67 1.64 1.65 1.68 1.72 1.76 1.80 1.84 1.90 1.82 1.87 1.92 1.92 1.97 2.22 2.05 1.89 1.66 1.64
Eli Lilly & Co. 5.94 5.16 4.95 4.75 4.65 4.71 5.51 5.03 5.44 6.21 7.42 6.79 8.27 9.10 10.25 13.35 15.07 11.20 13.91 15.32
Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.72 2.80 2.95 2.95 2.97 2.97 3.11 3.17 3.23 3.13 3.45 3.56 3.76 3.49 3.10 2.71 2.74 2.87 2.79 2.86
Johnson & Johnson 2.44 2.33 2.55 2.77 2.44 2.35 2.33 2.39 2.46 2.55 2.54 2.62 2.76 2.65 2.51 2.53 2.65 2.67 2.55 2.54
Merck & Co. Inc. 2.84 2.59 2.70 2.30 2.37 2.41 2.48 2.61 2.77 2.61 2.72 3.37 3.62 3.08 3.28 3.24 3.26 3.10 3.04 2.99
Moderna Inc. 1.33 1.45 1.29 1.28 1.35 1.45 1.45 1.62 1.74 2.07 2.41 3.31 2.86 1.69 1.18 1.26 1.35 1.27 1.26 1.25
Pfizer Inc. 2.54 2.22 2.22 1.94 2.06 2.10 2.24 2.23 2.35 2.37 2.43 2.31 2.44 2.74 2.77 2.56 2.65 2.62 2.62 2.64
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.27 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.36 1.37 1.42 1.48 1.56 1.59 1.59 1.30 1.34 1.33 1.35 1.36
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2.11 2.14 2.15 2.24 2.21 2.08 2.14 2.26 2.33 1.90 1.84 1.88 2.00 2.01 2.06 2.05 1.97 1.93 2.02 2.01

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Financial leverage = Total assets ÷ Shareholders’ equity
= 22,730,200 ÷ 17,580,400 = 1.29

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. financial leverage ratio increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then decreased significantly from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Interest Coverage

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., interest coverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Net income 968,800 1,035,300 915,700 699,800 818,900 930,500 810,500 762,100 770,110 851,928 66,924 653,138 604,190 667,434 837,270 602,753 583,234 57,518 267,427 268,631
Add: Income tax expense 178,800 143,900 245,800 191,700 257,900 245,900 213,900 192,700 100,844 230,813 (111,179) 167,822 284,433 78,437 (12,500) 54,781 93,716 13,148 59,711 51,534
Add: Interest expense 10,600 10,900 11,200 11,400 11,600 13,700 14,600 14,900 15,089 15,255 15,478 15,678 16,288 13,856 13,871 14,136 14,249 14,548 14,837 14,868
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 1,158,200 1,190,100 1,172,700 902,900 1,088,400 1,190,100 1,039,000 969,700 886,043 1,097,996 (28,777) 836,638 904,911 759,727 838,641 671,670 691,199 85,214 341,975 335,033
Solvency Ratio
Interest coverage1 100.32 96.54 90.90 82.27 78.23 70.08 66.72 48.17 45.40 44.83 40.33 55.95 54.60 52.77 40.26 30.99 24.84
Benchmarks
Interest Coverage, Competitors2
Amgen Inc. 3.73 4.54 5.43 6.51 6.22 6.83 6.97 6.40 6.60 6.46 6.48 7.64 7.44 7.62 7.62 7.85 8.09
Danaher Corp. 18.64 23.66 29.65 35.60 40.30 41.32 35.26 33.54 32.92 28.74 25.87 21.54 17.35 16.90 20.00 25.33 31.44
Gilead Sciences Inc. 8.27 8.88 9.03 8.84 7.22 5.80 6.73 6.97 9.27 10.06 7.61 2.93 2.70 2.83 0.41 5.90 6.19
Johnson & Johnson 20.51 19.09 23.89 31.49 79.71 141.63 160.27 164.15 125.46 94.27 87.06 73.87 83.07 96.82 81.36 81.56 55.49
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 58.52 61.70 69.61 73.97 82.80 108.62 116.35 163.24 163.75 139.74 104.12 68.20 67.97 72.22 108.12 90.22 81.43
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 5.54 5.98 6.64 8.28 11.56 13.59 15.70 16.73 17.49 19.94 19.52 17.58 14.07 10.78 7.93 7.66 7.02

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Interest coverage = (EBITQ4 2023 + EBITQ3 2023 + EBITQ2 2023 + EBITQ1 2023) ÷ (Interest expenseQ4 2023 + Interest expenseQ3 2023 + Interest expenseQ2 2023 + Interest expenseQ1 2023)
= (1,158,200 + 1,190,100 + 1,172,700 + 902,900) ÷ (10,600 + 10,900 + 11,200 + 11,400) = 100.32

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. interest coverage ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.