$20,000 of VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Tax Reform - Restoring the Orphan Drug Tax Credit."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
VRTX Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VRTX stock 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VRTX stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $100,000 on 03/13, 02/24 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE BYRON DONALDS has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 03/20.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
VRTX Insider Trading Activity
VRTX insiders have traded $VRTX stock on the open market 21 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 21 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VRTX stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- DAVID ALTSHULER (EVP, Chief Scientific Officer) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 12,976 shares for an estimated $6,420,269.
- OURANIA TATSIS (EVP, Chief Reg. & Quality Off.) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 7,854 shares for an estimated $3,844,667.
- EDWARD MORROW III ATKINSON (EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off.) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 6,164 shares for an estimated $2,912,812.
- JONATHAN BILLER (EVP and Chief Legal Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 5,090 shares for an estimated $2,332,768.
- CHARLES F JR WAGNER (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,298 shares for an estimated $1,649,000
- KRISTEN AMBROSE (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 2,931 shares for an estimated $1,363,231.
- SANGEETA N. BHATIA sold 400 shares for an estimated $202,344
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
VRTX Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 788 institutional investors add shares of VRTX stock to their portfolio, and 709 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 4,107,393 shares (+39.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $1,991,346,274
- FMR LLC removed 1,491,862 shares (-16.2%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $723,284,534
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 1,442,538 shares (+22.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $699,371,273
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 1,226,527 shares (+72.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $594,644,820
- JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC added 744,680 shares (+17.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $361,035,757
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 461,336 shares (-7.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $223,664,919
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 445,645 shares (+18.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $216,057,608
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
VRTX Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $VRTX in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- HC Wainwright & Co. issued a "Buy" rating on 06/23/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/06/2025
- Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/06/2025
- B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 03/31/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 02/11/2025
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 02/11/2025
- BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/31/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for VRTX, check out Quiver Quantitative's $VRTX forecast page.
VRTX Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VRTX recently. We have seen 16 analysts offer price targets for $VRTX in the last 6 months, with a median target of $509.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Andrew Fein from HC Wainwright & Co. set a target price of $550.0 on 06/23/2025
- Matthew Harrison from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $460.0 on 06/20/2025
- Brian Abrahams from RBC Capital set a target price of $420.0 on 06/17/2025
- Greg Harrison from Scotiabank set a target price of $442.0 on 05/06/2025
- Jessica Fye from JP Morgan set a target price of $515.0 on 05/06/2025
- Carter Gould from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $535.0 on 05/06/2025
- David Risinger from Leerink Partners set a target price of $503.0 on 05/06/2025
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