Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2017)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) posted Debt Ratio of 0.07 for Q4 2017, up 10.17% on a QoQ basis from 0.06 in Q3 2017, and down 49.16% year-over-year from 0.13 in Q4 2016.

Analysis

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has reported Debt Ratio for 7 years, with the latest figure at 0.07 in Q4 2017.

On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 49.16% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q4 2017; TTM through Dec 2017 was 0.07, a 49.16% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2017 full-year figure at 0.07, down 49.16% from the prior year.
Debt Ratio was 0.07 for Q4 2017 at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, up from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.14 in Q1 2015, with the low at 0.04 in Q1 2017.
Average Debt Ratio over 4 years is 0.1, with a median of 0.12 recorded in 2015.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2016 and 2017: Debt Ratio grew 9.12% in 2016, then slumped 70.1% in 2017.
Over 4 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.13 in 2014, then decreased by 6.44% to 0.12 in 2015, then gained by 9.12% to 0.13 in 2016, then tumbled by 49.16% to 0.07 in 2017.
The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.07 (Q4 2017), 0.06 (Q3 2017), and 0.04 (Q2 2017), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1	Johnson & Johnson	649.01 Bn	628.25 Bn	17.26 Bn	0.30
2	AbbVie	468.55 Bn	462.03 Bn	12.70 Bn	0.52
3	Merck	365.49 Bn	358.40 Bn	12.21 Bn	0.42
4	Novartis Ag	272.39 Bn	265.10 Bn	11.24 Bn	0.08
5	Astrazeneca	253.18 Bn	247.96 Bn	12.86 Bn	-
6	Amgen	219.53 Bn	205.54 Bn	7.24 Bn	0.66
7	Gilead Sciences	187.85 Bn	184.59 Bn	6.22 Bn	0.58
8	Pfizer	160.56 Bn	149.16 Bn	10.94 Bn	0.31
9	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	130.81 Bn	122.96 Bn	2.84 Bn	-
10	Bristol Myers Squibb	124.95 Bn	113.89 Bn	9.25 Bn	0.50

Historic Data

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Date	Value
Dec 31, 2017	0.07
Sep 30, 2017	0.06
Jun 30, 2017	0.04
Mar 31, 2017	0.04
Dec 31, 2016	0.13
Sep 30, 2016	0.11
Jun 30, 2016	0.12
Mar 31, 2016	0.12
Dec 31, 2015	0.12
Sep 30, 2015	0.12
Jun 30, 2015	0.12
Mar 31, 2015	0.14
Dec 31, 2014	0.13
Sep 30, 2014	0.12
Sep 30, 2011	0.14
Mar 31, 2011	0.18
Dec 31, 2010	0.12
Sep 30, 2010	0.02
Jun 30, 2010	0.10
Dec 31, 2009	0.07

API Access

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Debt Ratio API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=VRTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "VRTX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()

const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=VRTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2017)