Insider Sell: David Altshuler Sells Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX)

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Mar 21, 2025
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On March 13, 2025, David Altshuler, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc, sold 3,231 shares of the company. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 23,281 shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX, Financial) is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company focuses on developing and commercializing therapies for cystic fibrosis and has a robust pipeline of investigational small molecule medicines in other serious diseases. 1903134945057075200.png Over the past year, David Altshuler has sold a total of 9,708 shares and has not purchased any shares. The insider transaction history for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc shows that there have been 0 insider buys and 45 insider sells over the same timeframe. 1903135133523931136.png As of the date of the recent sale, shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc were trading at $510 each, giving the stock a market cap of $130,295.720 million. The stock's GF Value is estimated at $421.70, resulting in a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.21. This indicates that the stock is modestly overvalued based on its GF Value. The GF Value is an intrinsic value estimate developed by GuruFocus, calculated based on the following three factors: - Historical multiples (price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow) that the stock has traded at. - A GuruFocus adjustment factor based on the company’s past returns and growth. - Future estimates of business performance from Morningstar analysts.

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