Growth Metrics

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has reported Return on Equity over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.22% for Q4 2025, up 25.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.22% (up 25.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.23%, up 26.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.22% at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for VRTX hit a ceiling of 0.31% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 0.06% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.22% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.18%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 25bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -28bps in 2025.
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Return on Equity stood at 0.24% in 2021, then rose by 3bps to 0.25% in 2022, then fell by -14bps to 0.21% in 2023, then plummeted by -116bps to 0.03% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 757bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.22% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.