Vertex Inc (NASDAQ: VERX)’s stock price has plunge by -3.84relation to previous closing price of 36.94. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -5.41% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-06-06 that BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced data across multiple studies demonstrating positive clinical and quality of life benefits of treatment with CFTR modulators and, in particular, ALYFTREK® (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor), which is approved in the United States and United Kingdom and is currently under review with health authorities in the EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. These data were presented at this year’s E.
Is It Worth Investing in Vertex Inc (NASDAQ: VERX) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.75. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for VERX is 69.50M, and at present, short sellers hold a 7.74% of that float. On June 20, 2025, the average trading volume of VERX was 1.12M shares.
VERX’s Market Performance
VERX stock saw a decrease of -5.41% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -7.76% and a quarterly a decrease of -2.55%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.05%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.32% for Vertex Inc (VERX). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -8.72% for VERX stock, with a simple moving average of -18.63% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VERX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VERX stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for VERX by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for VERX in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $48 based on the research report published on June 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Exane BNP Paribas, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VERX reach a price target of $54. The rating they have provided for VERX stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on April 22nd, 2025.
Stifel gave a rating of “Hold” to VERX, setting the target price at $31 in the report published on February 28th of the current year.
VERX Trading at -8.36% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VERX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -41.49% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VERX starting from ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO ANN, who sale 157,874 shares at the price of $35.93 back on Jun 18 ’25. After this action, ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO ANN now owns 196,841 shares of Vertex Inc, valued at $5,672,634 using the latest closing price.
ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO ANN, the 13(D) GROUP MEMBER of Vertex Inc, sale 145,111 shares at $37.16 during a trade that took place back on Jun 17 ’25, which means that ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO ANN is holding 354,715 shares at $5,392,470 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VERX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.64 for the gross margin
The net margin for Vertex Inc stands at -0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value -19.65, with -4.64 for asset returns.
Based on Vertex Inc (VERX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.44. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.75. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 18.87.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 102.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.07. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 8.31. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.51for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.6. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.98.
Conclusion
To sum up, Vertex Inc (VERX) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
