Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Vertex Pharmaceuticals Stock In The Last 5 Years

Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.0% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.55%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $81.69 billion.

Buying $100 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VRTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $201.55 today based on a price of $317.76 for VRTX at the time of writing.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's Performance Over Last 5 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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