VR
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
VRTX · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated · Healthcare
Up next day
4/12
33%
Fell despite growth
5/12
Good earnings ignored
Avg earnings move
±4.9%
typical swing on earnings
Price when beating
-2.9%
avg over 7 beats
Biggest single move
-20.6%
'25.6 · largest reaction
How this stock reacts to earnings
Traits seen across its recent earnings reactions
Even strong results barely move the stock
Up the next day 2 of 7 beats (29%)
Reaction is erratic and hard to predict
Avg -2.9% on a beat, -1.6% on a miss
Tends to keep drifting the same way for days
Day-one direction continued · 58% of last 12
vs Healthcare sector avg (153 peers)
This
-2.3%
Sector
+0.5%
Avg next-day reaction
Earnings number vs guidance — which drives it?
How often the beat/miss matched the actual price move
This stock reacts more to guidance & expectations than the reported number
Moved opposite to results 7 of last 12 times (58%)
5xBeat but fell
Even a beat sells off if guidance disappoints
2xMissed but rose
Even a miss rebounds if guidance reassures
Earnings timeline · tap a bar for that quarter
Nov 2After close
'26.9 expectedEst. EPS $4.92
Quarter ended 6/2026
Reported 2026-08-03
Next-day move
+1.7%
After 5 days +11.3%
vs Consensus$4.75→$4.73-0.3% miss
Missed by -0.3% but stock +1.7%
EPS
$4.73
YoY +5%
Revenue
$3.3B
YoY +12%
Next-Q guidance
—
N/A
Price around earnings
Earnings trend · last 12 quarters
EPS$4.73YoY +5%
'23.9'26.6
Revenue$3.3BYoY +12%
'23.9'26.6
Price vs earnings · last 12 quarters
↑Up↓Down
Bad news out
weak · up ↑
0x
Met expectations
good · up ↑
4x33%
Disappointment
weak · down ↓
3x25%
Good earnings ignored
good · down ↓
5x42%
← ← Weak earningsStrong earnings → →
Even on good earnings, the price often fell — earnings poorly reflected · 5 of 12q (42%)
Community · VRTX
What do you think of this stock's earnings pattern?
···