VRTX

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

Large CapHealthcareNASDAQ
Very StrongTop 23% vs Healthcare stocks
Bullish Alignment|20d ↑50d ↑200d ↑

Updated: Oct 30, 2026, 2:17 AM

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VRTXABOVE 200-DAY

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

$540.00
+12.8% vs 200-day
Price200-day
1 year · Oct 30, 2026

Position vs 200-day MA

+12.8% above 200-day MA

VRTX is 12.8% above its 200-day MA for 98 days and outranks most of Healthcare stocks, at the top 23%. That looks like genuine relative strength.

Price

$540.00

200-day MA

$478.67

Streak above

98 days

Avg volume (90d)

1.3M

Market cap

$134.3B

Participation around VRTX

Above 200-day MA

VRTX is above its 200-day average, but fewer Healthcare stocks are confirming the trend.

Healthcare

36%

310 of 855 stocks

S&P 500

63%

316 of 498 stocks

This stock is currently above its 200-day average. The comparison shows how much support the move has around it.

Trend timeline

Last 200-day cross

Moved above

Jun 11, 2026

Current state

Above the 200-day MA

98 trading days

Shorter averages

Bullish alignment

20, 50, and 200-day view

Correlation vs. Healthcare Peers

How VRTX has moved with the 15 most liquid Healthcare stocks over the trailing 60 trading days.

Most Correlated

VRTX ↔ JNJ0.65
VRTX ↔ PFE0.62
VRTX ↔ BMY0.58
VRTX ↔ GILD0.58
VRTX ↔ ABBV0.56

Stocks most correlated with VRTX

Ranked against every S&P 500 stock using daily returns over the last 60 trading days. A value near +1 means the two tend to move together and near -1 means they tend to move opposite; most pairs sit well below those extremes.

Most correlated with VRTX

  1. LLYEli Lilly & Co.0.66
  2. JNJJohnson & Johnson0.65
  3. AMGNAmgen Inc0.65
  4. REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc0.64
  5. INCYIncyte Genomics Inc0.63

Most inverse to VRTX

  1. LITELumentum Holdings Inc. Common Stock-0.35
  2. AMDAdvanced Micro Devices-0.35
  3. TERTeradyne, Inc. Common Stock-0.34
  4. COHRCoherent Corp.-0.34
  5. QQnity Electronics, Inc.-0.30

See the strongest pairs across the whole index on the S&P 500 correlation pairs page.