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Bio-Techne vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: TECH · VRTX

Updated 8 minutes ago

1-year performance, rebased to 100

TECH +15.9%VRTX +25.4%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals edges it on the scoreable measures. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has the highest Quant Rating (67); Vertex Pharmaceuticals has done best over the past year (+23%); Vertex Pharmaceuticals trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
TECHVRTX
Snapshot
Sector--Biotechnology
Last price72.53505.64
Change today+0.14%+0.66%
1-year return+23.2%+23.2%
Market cap$11.37B$128.16B
52-week range43.07 – 72.69402.58 – 560.25
Valuation
P/E (TTM)62.5329.45
P/E percentile, own 5-yr range48th74th
P/B5.396.33
Dividend yield0.44%0.00%
Profitability & growth
EPS (TTM)1.1615.32
Net profit (TTM)$181.91M$3.88B
Revenue (TTM)$1.22B$12.59B
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3%+12.5%
Gross margin65.8%86.0%
Operating margin22.4%37.9%
Net margin15.0%35.0%
Free cash flow (TTM)$263.22M$3.80B
Ownership & sentiment
Institutional ownership113.5%97.2%
Insider activity (12mo)24 buy / 26 sell25 buy / 25 sell
Short interest (% of float)4.2%1.9%
Analyst consensus100% hold (2)88% buy / 8% hold / 4% sell (24)
Analyst price target$73 (+1%)$580 (+15%)
StockVane view
StockVane Quant RatingC (59)C (67)
Company
Employees3,0006,400
Founded19761989

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