If You Invested $10,000 in Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 2018, This Is How Much You Would Have Today

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has been one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in recent years. Its products have made it a leader in cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment and it has been expanding into other areas as well.

How much of a return would you have earned on a $10,000 investment in the stock made five years ago, and how does that compare with how the markets have done? Let's have a closer look at both the business and the stock.

On the last trading day of 2018, Vertex's stock closed at a price of $165.71. If you invested $10,000 into the healthcare stock at the time, you would have acquired just over 60 shares of the company.

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