Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Vertex Pharmaceuticals Stock In The Last 10 Years

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 6.64% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.25%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $72.31 billion.

Buying $1000 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of VRTX stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $5,127.84 today based on a price of $281.97 for VRTX at the time of writing.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Performance Over Last 10 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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