Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
Net Fixed Asset Turnover
Net Fixed Asset Turnover (including Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset)
Total Asset Turnover
Equity Turnover

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	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
Net fixed asset turnover	9.51	8.61	8.68	8.51	8.59	8.47	8.28	8.06	7.78	7.59	7.18	6.92	6.84	6.54	6.51	6.47	6.51	7.42	6.55	5.59	—	—	—
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)	4.23	5.84	6.86	6.79	6.73	6.57	6.36	6.13	5.95	5.89	5.53	5.32	5.26	4.99	4.90	4.83	6.51	7.42	6.55	5.59	—	—	—
Total asset turnover	0.48	0.51	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.47	0.49	0.49	0.52	0.54	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.50	—	—	—
Equity turnover	0.68	0.70	0.55	0.56	0.58	0.61	0.64	0.64	0.67	0.70	0.73	0.75	0.75	0.73	0.71	0.71	0.74	0.72	0.75	0.68	—	—	—

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Long-term activity ratio	Description	The company
Net fixed asset turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets (including operating lease, right-of-use asset).	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio (with operating lease, right-of-use asset) deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Total asset turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Equity turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. equity turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	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)
Revenues	2,771,900)	2,645,600)	2,690,600)	2,517,700)	2,483,500)	2,493,200)	2,374,800)	2,302,700)	2,334,300)	2,196,200)	2,097,500)	2,072,561)	1,984,164)	1,793,370)	1,724,305)	1,627,820)	1,538,271)	1,524,485)	1,515,107)	1,413,265)	949,828)	941,293)	858,435)
Property and equipment, net	1,117,800)	1,200,900)	1,172,800)	1,159,300)	1,124,000)	1,122,400)	1,111,700)	1,108,400)	1,118,700)	1,100,100)	1,107,400)	1,094,100)	1,042,347)	1,021,233)	986,123)	958,534)	920,913)	728,357)	736,303)	745,080)	733,509)	731,131)	742,559)
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover¹	9.51	8.61	8.68	8.51	8.59	8.47	8.28	8.06	7.78	7.59	7.18	6.92	6.84	6.54	6.51	6.47	6.51	7.42	6.55	5.59	—	—	—
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors²
AbbVie Inc.	10.80	10.95	10.92	10.89	11.18	11.33	11.51	11.76	11.82	11.57	11.18	11.00	10.75	10.41	9.67	8.73	8.15	7.38	11.50	11.23	—	—	—
Amgen Inc.	5.06	4.85	4.70	4.53	4.61	4.58	4.56	4.57	4.73	4.77	4.75	4.69	4.89	4.92	4.93	4.96	4.94	4.78	4.68	4.51	—	—	—
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.	6.87	6.79	6.75	6.77	6.93	7.11	7.30	7.38	7.74	7.90	7.77	7.67	7.75	7.66	7.43	7.22	6.86	6.03	5.07	4.18	—	—	—
Danaher Corp.	4.90	5.08	5.20	5.25	6.01	6.68	7.31	7.96	8.40	8.12	7.94	7.77	7.71	7.84	7.59	6.83	6.68	6.35	6.03	7.78	—	—	—
Eli Lilly & Co.	2.53	2.62	2.64	2.64	2.70	2.62	2.63	2.81	3.14	3.18	3.22	3.15	3.11	3.02	2.95	2.83	2.80	2.88	2.92	2.83	—	—	—
Gilead Sciences Inc.	5.22	5.17	5.13	5.07	4.88	4.91	4.88	4.93	5.01	5.13	5.18	5.27	5.40	5.27	5.06	4.90	4.74	4.70	4.90	4.91	—	—	—
Johnson & Johnson	4.28	4.38	4.36	4.28	4.65	4.37	4.58	4.79	5.29	5.21	5.07	4.95	4.95	4.79	4.59	4.40	4.53	4.57	4.75	4.65	—	—	—
Merck & Co. Inc.	2.69	2.69	2.66	2.61	2.63	2.62	2.66	2.77	2.89	2.85	2.73	2.53	2.57	2.61	2.55	2.67	2.80	2.99	3.15	3.11	—	—	—
Pfizer Inc.	3.26	2.97	2.98	3.14	3.88	4.48	5.46	6.17	6.47	6.64	6.12	5.46	4.79	3.89	3.31	3.01	2.98	3.21	3.47	3.71	—	—	—
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3.12	3.13	3.10	3.16	3.27	3.23	3.19	3.23	3.70	3.91	4.64	4.62	3.99	3.69	2.82	2.64	2.63	2.64	2.71	2.72	—	—	—
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	4.50	4.56	4.56	4.54	4.74	4.68	4.68	4.84	5.12	5.02	4.87	4.71	5.54	5.83	5.85	5.45	5.50	5.37	5.42	5.38	—	—	—

¹ Q3 2024 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (Revenues_{Q3 2024} + Revenues_{Q2 2024} + Revenues_{Q1 2024} + Revenues_{Q4 2023}) ÷ Property and equipment, net
= (2,771,900 + 2,645,600 + 2,690,600 + 2,517,700) ÷ 1,117,800 = 9.51

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Long-term activity ratio	Description	The company
Net fixed asset turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) calculation (quarterly data)

	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	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)
Revenues	2,771,900)	2,645,600)	2,690,600)	2,517,700)	2,483,500)	2,493,200)	2,374,800)	2,302,700)	2,334,300)	2,196,200)	2,097,500)	2,072,561)	1,984,164)	1,793,370)	1,724,305)	1,627,820)	1,538,271)	1,524,485)	1,515,107)	1,413,265)	949,828)	941,293)	858,435)

Property and equipment, net	1,117,800)	1,200,900)	1,172,800)	1,159,300)	1,124,000)	1,122,400)	1,111,700)	1,108,400)	1,118,700)	1,100,100)	1,107,400)	1,094,100)	1,042,347)	1,021,233)	986,123)	958,534)	920,913)	728,357)	736,303)	745,080)	733,509)	731,131)	742,559)
Operating lease assets	1,396,100)	569,800)	312,900)	293,600)	310,500)	324,300)	336,300)	347,400)	342,700)	318,300)	329,000)	330,300)	312,343)	316,874)	322,319)	325,564)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Property and equipment, net (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)	2,513,900)	1,770,700)	1,485,700)	1,452,900)	1,434,500)	1,446,700)	1,448,000)	1,455,800)	1,461,400)	1,418,400)	1,436,400)	1,424,400)	1,354,690)	1,338,107)	1,308,442)	1,284,098)	920,913)	728,357)	736,303)	745,080)	733,509)	731,131)	742,559)
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)¹	4.23	5.84	6.86	6.79	6.73	6.57	6.36	6.13	5.95	5.89	5.53	5.32	5.26	4.99	4.90	4.83	6.51	7.42	6.55	5.59	—	—	—

¹ Q3 2024 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) = (Revenues_{Q3 2024} + Revenues_{Q2 2024} + Revenues_{Q1 2024} + Revenues_{Q4 2023}) ÷ Property and equipment, net (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)
= (2,771,900 + 2,645,600 + 2,690,600 + 2,517,700) ÷ 2,513,900 = 4.23

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Long-term activity ratio	Description	The company
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets (including operating lease, right-of-use asset).	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio (with operating lease, right-of-use asset) deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	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)
Revenues	2,771,900)	2,645,600)	2,690,600)	2,517,700)	2,483,500)	2,493,200)	2,374,800)	2,302,700)	2,334,300)	2,196,200)	2,097,500)	2,072,561)	1,984,164)	1,793,370)	1,724,305)	1,627,820)	1,538,271)	1,524,485)	1,515,107)	1,413,265)	949,828)	941,293)	858,435)
Total assets	22,240,200)	20,132,100)	23,917,400)	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)
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover¹	0.48	0.51	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.47	0.49	0.49	0.52	0.54	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.50	—	—	—
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors²
AbbVie Inc.	0.39	0.39	0.37	0.40	0.40	0.41	0.42	0.42	0.41	0.40	0.40	0.38	0.37	0.36	0.33	0.30	0.27	0.24	0.37	0.37	—	—	—
Amgen Inc.	0.34	0.32	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.38	0.38	0.41	0.41	0.40	0.37	0.40	0.38	0.39	0.37	0.36	0.37	0.37	—	—	—
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.	0.51	0.49	0.46	0.47	0.49	0.48	0.49	0.48	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.42	0.41	0.40	0.38	0.36	0.31	0.27	0.24	0.20	—	—	—
Danaher Corp.	0.29	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.29	0.33	0.35	0.37	0.39	0.38	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.34	0.33	0.29	0.28	0.27	0.26	0.29	—	—	—
Eli Lilly & Co.	0.54	0.54	0.56	0.53	0.55	0.54	0.52	0.58	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.58	0.58	0.56	0.54	0.53	0.53	0.55	0.56	0.57	—	—	—
Gilead Sciences Inc.	0.52	0.52	0.48	0.43	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.40	0.41	0.39	0.37	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.37	0.36	—	—	—
Johnson & Johnson	0.49	0.48	0.50	0.51	0.53	0.47	0.47	0.51	0.55	0.54	0.53	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.49	0.47	0.47	0.51	0.53	0.52	—	—	—
Merck & Co. Inc.	0.54	0.55	0.58	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.54	0.54	0.55	0.53	0.51	0.46	0.51	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.52	0.57	0.55	—	—	—
Pfizer Inc.	0.28	0.26	0.25	0.26	0.32	0.36	0.48	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.50	0.45	0.39	0.33	0.29	0.27	0.24	0.25	0.29	0.31	—	—	—
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.42	0.50	0.52	0.63	0.63	0.57	0.58	0.52	0.50	0.51	0.55	0.51	0.53	—	—	—
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.43	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.49	0.47	0.44	0.41	0.53	0.57	0.54	0.47	0.44	0.43	0.44	0.44	—	—	—

¹ Q3 2024 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (Revenues_{Q3 2024} + Revenues_{Q2 2024} + Revenues_{Q1 2024} + Revenues_{Q4 2023}) ÷ Total assets
= (2,771,900 + 2,645,600 + 2,690,600 + 2,517,700) ÷ 22,240,200 = 0.48

² Click competitor name to see calculations.

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Long-term activity ratio	Description	The company
Total asset turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	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)
Revenues	2,771,900)	2,645,600)	2,690,600)	2,517,700)	2,483,500)	2,493,200)	2,374,800)	2,302,700)	2,334,300)	2,196,200)	2,097,500)	2,072,561)	1,984,164)	1,793,370)	1,724,305)	1,627,820)	1,538,271)	1,524,485)	1,515,107)	1,413,265)	949,828)	941,293)	858,435)
Shareholders’ equity	15,630,900)	14,774,700)	18,546,600)	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)
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover¹	0.68	0.70	0.55	0.56	0.58	0.61	0.64	0.64	0.67	0.70	0.73	0.75	0.75	0.73	0.71	0.71	0.74	0.72	0.75	0.68	—	—	—
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors²
AbbVie Inc.	9.21	8.11	6.79	5.24	4.56	4.35	4.27	3.36	3.62	3.91	3.48	3.65	4.07	4.27	3.66	3.50	2.66	2.46	—	—	—	—	—
Amgen Inc.	4.14	4.99	5.61	4.32	3.35	3.73	4.66	6.77	6.71	10.17	26.68	3.63	2.96	2.93	2.56	2.58	2.17	2.17	2.41	2.30	—	—	—
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.	2.77	2.73	2.76	1.53	1.55	1.41	1.44	1.49	1.43	1.45	1.49	1.29	1.22	1.21	1.14	1.12	0.79	0.71	0.62	0.51	—	—	—
Danaher Corp.	0.46	0.47	0.44	0.45	0.49	0.54	0.58	0.63	0.67	0.66	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.62	0.61	0.56	0.54	0.52	0.58	0.59	—	—	—
Eli Lilly & Co.	2.87	2.87	2.80	3.17	2.86	2.67	2.47	2.68	2.90	3.40	3.14	3.15	3.58	4.15	3.69	4.35	4.81	5.61	7.50	8.56	—	—	—
Gilead Sciences Inc.	1.52	1.51	1.56	1.18	1.22	1.28	1.27	1.27	1.27	1.34	1.37	1.28	1.27	1.34	1.33	1.34	1.31	1.21	1.01	0.98	—	—	—
Johnson & Johnson	1.25	1.21	1.22	1.24	1.23	1.20	1.30	1.24	1.29	1.25	1.27	1.27	1.30	1.28	1.28	1.31	1.25	1.28	1.35	1.38	—	—	—
Merck & Co. Inc.	1.42	1.43	1.52	1.60	1.44	1.51	1.24	1.29	1.33	1.32	1.32	1.28	1.33	1.41	1.73	1.90	1.62	1.71	1.83	1.81	—	—	—
Pfizer Inc.	0.65	0.64	0.61	0.67	0.71	0.79	0.92	1.05	1.08	1.16	1.12	1.05	0.91	0.79	0.68	0.66	0.66	0.70	0.75	0.82	—	—	—
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.51	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.64	0.69	0.83	0.86	0.78	0.82	0.77	0.77	0.81	0.88	0.66	0.71	—	—	—
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	0.86	0.89	0.93	0.92	0.96	0.99	1.04	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.00	0.96	1.01	1.04	1.02	0.93	0.90	0.88	0.90	0.86	—	—	—

¹ Q3 2024 Calculation
Equity turnover = (Revenues_{Q3 2024} + Revenues_{Q2 2024} + Revenues_{Q1 2024} + Revenues_{Q4 2023}) ÷ Shareholders’ equity
= (2,771,900 + 2,645,600 + 2,690,600 + 2,517,700) ÷ 15,630,900 = 0.68

² Click competitor name to see calculations.

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Long-term activity ratio	Description	The company
Equity turnover	An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity.	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. equity turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Net Fixed Asset Turnover (including Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset)

Total Asset Turnover

Equity Turnover

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity RatiosQuarterly Data

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Net Fixed Asset Turnover (including Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset)

Total Asset Turnover

Equity Turnover

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data