Vertex Pharmaceuticals Stock News

Resilient and growing. Those two descriptions definitely apply to the healthcare sector.

The top five biotech stocks today have several commonalities. Among them are strong ratings.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced management participation in three upcoming investor conferences. Susie Lisa, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, and Manisha Pai, Executive Director, Investor Relations, will participate in the Evercore Biotechnology Summit on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Dr. Reshma Kewalramani, Chief Executive Office...

The bear market induced by the Federal Reserve's monetary tightening officially ended in 2023, but it seems no one remembered to tell the biotech sector.

It's very tempting to pile into the stocks with the strongest positive momentum of the moment -- they've proven themselves and could continue along this path. But in many cases, you could set yourself up for a bigger win if you look to quality companies that have seen their stocks stumble in recent times.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX 3.40%), a leading drugmaker, is performing exceedingly well for the year -- or at least it was, until it released its first-quarter update. The results were not to the market's liking, so much so that they led to a significant post-earnings dip for the stock.

Regardless of how stocks are performing right now, history tells us that the market tends to generate solid returns over long periods. Investors can do even better than the average market performance by buying shares of companies likely to beat broader equities.

Uncertainty has weighed on stocks over the past several weeks, pushing the three major indexes lower -- the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.07%) even temporarily slid into a bear market. What's driven this negative momentum is investors' concerns about the potential impact of import tariffs on corporate earnings.