Both in Pharmaceuticals

Vertex Pharmaceuticals vs Pfizer

Over the past year VRTX returned +31.2% and PFE returned +23.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.43.

VRTX +31.2% PFE +23.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVRTXPFE
Price$558.88$30.52
Market cap$141.65B$173.95B
Today+3.50%+1.90%
1 month+10.3%+8.5%
6 months+31.8%+15.9%
Year to date+23.3%+22.6%
1 year+34.0%+25.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.5%+2.6%
Gross margin85.3%72.8%
Net margin33.0%−1.6%
P/E (TTM)32.2×40.2×
Price / sales11.3×2.7×
Net cash$7.85B-$51.49B
Dividend yield—5.64%
Volatility (60d)28.7%19.8%
Short % of float1.7%2.4%
Next earnings—Nov 3, 2026

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).