Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTX)

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

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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)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., long-term (investment) activity 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
Net fixed asset turnover 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) 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 0.43 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 0.56 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 — — —

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).

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 improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 not reaching Q2 2023 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) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., net fixed asset turnover 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)
Revenues 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 1,159,300 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 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. 10.89 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. 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. 6.77 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. 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. 2.64 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. 5.07 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 4.65 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. 2.61 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. 3.14 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. 3.16 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. 4.54 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 — — —

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
Net fixed asset turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2023 + RevenuesQ3 2023 + RevenuesQ2 2023 + RevenuesQ1 2023) ÷ Property and equipment, net
= (2,517,700 + 2,483,500 + 2,493,200 + 2,374,800) ÷ 1,159,300 = 8.51

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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 improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 not reaching Q2 2023 level.

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

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) 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)
Revenues 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 1,159,300 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 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) 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 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 — — —

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
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) = (RevenuesQ4 2023 + RevenuesQ3 2023 + RevenuesQ2 2023 + RevenuesQ1 2023) ÷ Property and equipment, net (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)
= (2,517,700 + 2,483,500 + 2,493,200 + 2,374,800) ÷ 1,452,900 = 6.79

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) improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Total Asset Turnover

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., total asset turnover 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)
Revenues 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 22,730,200 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 0.43 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. 0.40 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. 0.28 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. 0.47 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. 0.28 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. 0.53 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. 0.43 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 0.51 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. 0.56 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. 0.26 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. 0.40 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. 0.43 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 — — —

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
Total asset turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2023 + RevenuesQ3 2023 + RevenuesQ2 2023 + RevenuesQ1 2023) ÷ Total assets
= (2,517,700 + 2,483,500 + 2,493,200 + 2,374,800) ÷ 22,730,200 = 0.43

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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 deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Equity Turnover

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., equity turnover 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)
Revenues 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 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 0.56 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. 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. 4.32 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. 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. 0.45 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. 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. 1.18 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 1.24 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. 1.60 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. 0.67 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. 0.51 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. 0.92 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 — — —

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
Equity turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2023 + RevenuesQ3 2023 + RevenuesQ2 2023 + RevenuesQ1 2023) ÷ Shareholders’ equity
= (2,517,700 + 2,483,500 + 2,493,200 + 2,374,800) ÷ 17,580,400 = 0.56

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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 deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.