GRFS vs TXG vs VRTX Stock Comparison

Grifols, 10x Genomics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GRFS Grifols SA
$7.92 +7.8% 1M -16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.52B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Biotechnology Healthcare
2 wins
TXG 10x Genomics, Inc.
$72.96 -14.9% 1M +429.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.15B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$616.91M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Vertex Pharmaceuticals leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Vertex Pharmaceuticals 6, Grifols 2, 10x Genomics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGRFSTXGVRTXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.52B $10.15B $132.25B VRTX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.9x -135.1x 30.0x GRFS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.4x — 28.4x GRFS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -4.3% +10.2% VRTX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -12.2% 35.0% VRTX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.3% +429.8% +22.8% TXG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.9%/yr -14.4%/yr +23.4%/yr VRTX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.4% 73.8% 29.0% VRTX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 61/100 76/100 VRTX

Percentile Scorecard

GRFSTXGVRTX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGRFSTXGVRTX
Valuation 99 #6 of 626 43 #130 of 228 80 #124 of 626
Growth – 66 #76 of 221 60 #245 of 604
Profitability – 63 #77 of 208 95 #31 of 555
Financial Health 14 #566 of 658 68 #78 of 239 53 #308 of 658
Shareholder Returns 56 #161 of 368 67 #46 of 137 93 #27 of 368
Overall 57 61 76
  • GRFS ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • TXG ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • VRTX ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGRFSTXGVRTXSPY
1 month +7.8%-14.9%-1.7% -0.8%
3 months +2.2%+58.9%+8.0% +3.5%
6 months -2.6%+227.5%+21.5% +7.0%
Year to date -15.3%+347.3%+14.1% +12.2%
1 year -16.3%+429.8%+22.8% +13.0%
3 years +1.0%+100.4%+45.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +0.3%+26.1%+13.4% +23.1%
5 years -40.5%-54.1%+186.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -9.9%-14.4%+23.4% +11.0%
10 years -46.6%—+557.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -6.1%—+20.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGRFSTXGVRTXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.4%73.8%29.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.1%66.1%25.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.952.210.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.505.820.79 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.9%-96.1%-29.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.5%-25.4%-7.3% -1.8%
52-week high $9.72$97.74$557.96 $779.14
52-week low $7.02$12.44$409.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGRFSTXGVRTX
P/E now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 17.1x -126.2xmedian 30.6x 29.8xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 8.8x 15.4xmedian 3.0x 10.4xmedian 8.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.1x -212.9xmedian 17.5x 24.7xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 18.0x 78.3xmedian 23.3x 34.5xmedian 18.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.1x 11.5xmedian 2.4x 6.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 -4.70median 0.87 2.94median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGRFSTXGVRTX
Revenue – $616.91M $12.59B
Gross profit – $432.03M $10.82B
Operating income – -$88.38M $4.78B
Net income – -$75.13M $4.41B
Free cash flow – $121.44M $3.80B
R&D – $226.80M $3.91B
EPS (diluted) – $-0.58 $17.26
Cash & equivalents $969.15M – $6.14B
Total debt $44.00B – –
Shares (diluted) 681.57M 129.98M 255.20M
Enterprise value $1.86B $9.95B $104.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGRFSTXGVRTX
P/E 11.9x -126.2x 29.8x
P/FCF 7.6x 78.3x 34.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 74.8x 30.5x
P/S 0.6x 15.4x 10.4x
P/B 0.6x 11.5x 6.5x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 12.4x 6.6x
EV/EBITDA – -212.9x 24.7x
EV/EBIT – -107.0x 25.8x
EV/Revenue – 15.3x 9.8x
EV/FCF – 77.9x 32.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 74.4x 28.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -4.70 2.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGRFSTXGVRTX
Revenue growth (1Y) – -4.3% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.8% 9.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -3.5% 10.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 1.1% 9.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 12.1% 21.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 20.9% 6.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 11.2% 21.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 24.2% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 14.9% 22.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 26.8% 10.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 89.8% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 135.5% 1.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 113.5% 8.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 44.7% -0.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGRFSTXGVRTX
Gross margin – 70.0% 86.0%
EBITDA margin – -7.2% 39.7%
Operating margin – -14.3% 38.0%
Pretax margin – -12.1% 41.9%
Net margin – -12.2% 35.0%
FCF margin – 19.7% 30.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 20.6% 34.1%
Return on equity – -9.2% 22.2%
Return on assets – -7.3% 16.3%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – -9.8% 20.8%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -1.7x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 16.0% 5.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGRFSTXGVRTX
Debt / assets 48.9% – –
Debt / equity 1.3x – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 61.4% 19.9% 26.2%
Equity / assets 38.6% 80.1% 73.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.5x 5.7x 3.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.8x 2.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.4x 2.0x
Altman Z-score – 26.75 13.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGRFSTXGVRTX
Dividend yield 1.4% – –
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 1.4% -0.1% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGRFSTXGVRTX
Forward P/E 8.4xFY2026 – 28.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.94FY2026 $-0.79FY2026 $18.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.6%FY2026 – -0.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.6% – +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.88BFY2026 $580.42MFY2026 $12.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.0%FY2026 -9.7%FY2026 +5.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.3% +24.6% +18.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGRFSTXGVRTX
Held by institutions 21.0% 100.0% 95.1%
Institutions holding 166 389 1,745
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.5% +2.4% +3.9%
Institutions buying 73 197 902
Institutions selling 65 137 605
Buyers to sellers 1.12 1.44 1.49

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GRFSTXGVRTX
GRFS 1.00 0.20 0.21
TXG 0.20 1.00 0.20
VRTX 0.21 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GRFS, TXG and VRTX?

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Grifols (GRFS) $5.52B, 10x Genomics (TXG) $10.15B, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) $132.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, GRFS, TXG and VRTX?

Grifols (GRFS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Grifols (GRFS) 11.9x, 10x Genomics (TXG) -135.1x, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) 30.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Grifols (GRFS) is cheapest (Grifols (GRFS) 8.4x, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) 28.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: 10x Genomics (TXG) -4.3%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) has the highest net margin (10x Genomics (TXG) -12.2%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) 35.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year 10x Genomics (TXG) returned the most: Grifols (GRFS) -16.3%, 10x Genomics (TXG) +429.8%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) +22.8%. Over five years, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) compounded fastest (Grifols (GRFS) -9.9%/yr, 10x Genomics (TXG) -14.4%/yr, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) +23.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) has been the steadiest (Grifols (GRFS) 32.4%, 10x Genomics (TXG) 73.8%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) 29.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GRFS, TXG and VRTX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.