VRTX · Verdict
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A summary of rules, not a profit forecast — don’t buy just because of a green verdict.
🟡 Valuation- ▲ Forward P/E 27.4 is below the current one — earnings growth expected
🟡 Quality- ▼ Debt up 126% in 3 y
- ▲ ROE 24% — high return on equity
- ▼ Net margin fell: 37.2% → 32.9%
- ▲ Debt / equity 0.11 — moderate debt
🟡 Growth- ▲ Revenue grows 14.1% per year (5 y)
- ▲ Earnings per share grows 8.3% per year (5 y)
- ▼ Analysts cut the earnings forecast by -1.6% in 90 days
🟢 Trend- ▲ Price above SMA200 — long-term uptrend
- ▲ SMA50 above SMA200 — trend up
- ▲ Over a year +33% vs S&P 500 +11% — stronger than the market
🔴 Risk · context, does not vote- ▼ Earnings in 1 d — the price may move sharply
- ▲ Risk/reward 1:5.3 — the target is farther than the stop
- ▼ Volatility 29% per year — much higher than the market (13%)
🟢 Sentiment- ▲ Consensus of 28 analysts — buy
- ▲ Insiders buying over 6 mo
🟢 Market · context, does not vote- ▲ S&P 500 above SMA200 — the market is in an uptrend
- ▲ Sector (XLV) above SMA200 — in an uptrend
- ▲ Sector (XLV) over 3 mo is stronger than the market by 11%
The PWA verdict uses less data than the full version: without the history of multiples and peers, F-score, Altman, interest coverage, dividend streak and expected earnings move.