VERTEX quote and profile

If you would invest 2,906 in VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would earn a total of 1,900 from holding VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC or generate 65.38% return on investment over 30 days. VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC is generating 5.06% of daily returns assuming 12.15% volatility of returns over the 30 days investment horizon. Simply put, majority of traded equity instruments are less risky than VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC on the bases of their historical return distribution and most equity instruments are likely to generate higher returns than the company over the next 30 trading days.Assuming 30 trading days horizon, VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC is expected to generate 16.64 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 16.64 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.42 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.47 per unit of risk.