Vertex Pharmaceuticals price to sales ratio VRTX
Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 10.6×
- 10-year median
- 11.0×
- Against its 10-year history
- 46th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 6.5× to 20.1×
- Peer median
- 6.4×
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' price to sales ratio is 10.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 11.0×, close to the middle of its last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 6.5× in Nov 2021 to 20.1× in Jul 2017.
The median for 8 biotech stocks of a similar size is 6.4×.
Price to sales ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 10.6× | 8.9× | 11.0× |
| 2025 | 10.0× | 8.2× | 11.8× |
| 2024 | 9.9× | 9.6× | 12.5× |
| 2023 | 10.9× | 8.3× | 11.0× |
| 2022 | 8.5× | 7.7× | 9.7× |
| 2021 | 7.8× | 6.5× | 10.3× |
| 2020 | 10.3× | 9.3× | 17.1× |
| 2019 | 15.7× | 12.4× | 17.6× |
| 2018 | 14.6× | 14.1× | 19.0× |
| 2017 | 16.5× | 11.9× | 20.1× |
| 2016 | 11.0× | 11.0× | 35.8× |
| 2015 | 40.7× | 33.2× | 55.6× |
| 2014 | 36.2× | 12.3× | 36.3× |
| 2013 | 14.4× | 5.6× | 14.4× |
| 2012 | 5.1× | 4.7× | 9.0× |
| 2011 | 7.6× | 6.1× | 78.5× |
Against its peers
Companies in Biotechnology nearest Vertex Pharmaceuticals' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Price to sales ratio |
|---|---|
| VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals | 10.6× |
| REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals | 5.3× |
| ONCBeOne Medicines | 7.0× |
| ALNYAlnylam Pharmaceuticals | 6.2× |
| UTHRUnited Therapeutics | 8.0× |
| INCYIncyte | 4.0× |
| EXELExelixis | 6.6× |
| NBIXNeurocrine Biosciences | 4.3× |
| HALOHalozyme Therapeutics | 8.6× |
| Peer median | 6.4× |
Where Vertex Pharmaceuticals ranks
What the price to sales ratio tells you
Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.
Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.