Capital Research Global Investors Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Transaction History

Capital Research Global Investors

$479 Billion
Q2 2025

A detailed history of Capital Research Global Investors transactions in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc stock. As of the latest transaction made, Capital Research Global Investors holds 16,108,291 shares of VRTX stock, worth $6.25 Billion. This represents 1.5% of its overall portfolio holdings.

Number of Shares

16,108,291

Previous 14,536,344 10.81%

Holding current value

$6.25 Billion

Previous $7.05 Billion 1.76%

% of portfolio

1.5%

Previous 1.6%

20 transactions

Quarter	Operation	Price Per share	shares change	shares Held
Q2 2025 Aug 13, 2025	BUY	$421.16 - $509.5 $662 Million - $801 Million	1,571,947 Added 10.81%	16,108,291 $7.17 Billion
Q1 2025 May 12, 2025	BUY	$402.49 - $513.76 $1.65 Billion - $2.11 Billion	4,107,393 Added 39.38%	14,536,344 $7.05 Billion
Q4 2024 Feb 13, 2025	BUY	$396.64 - $516.74 $566 Million - $737 Million	1,426,746 Added 15.85%	10,428,951 $4.2 Billion
Q3 2024 Nov 13, 2024	BUY	$460.0 - $505.78 $213 Million - $234 Million	462,866 Added 5.42%	9,002,205 $4.19 Billion
Q2 2024 Aug 13, 2024	BUY	$392.81 - $485.53 $1.1 Billion - $1.36 Billion	2,795,457 Added 48.67%	8,539,339 $4 Billion
Q1 2024 May 14, 2024	BUY	$407.69 - $446.08 $887 Million - $971 Million	2,176,218 Added 61.0%	5,743,882 $2.4 Billion
Q4 2023 Feb 13, 2024	BUY	$343.0 - $410.68 $66.9 Million - $80.1 Million	195,080 Added 5.78%	3,567,664 $1.45 Billion
Q3 2023 Nov 13, 2023	BUY	$338.18 - $362.46 $105 Million - $113 Million	310,908 Added 10.15%	3,372,584 $1.17 Billion
Q2 2023 Aug 11, 2023	BUY	$314.42 - $351.91 $708 Million - $792 Million	2,251,781 Added 278.03%	3,061,676 $1.08 Billion
Q1 2023 May 15, 2023	BUY	$283.23 - $323.1 $229 Million - $262 Million	809,895 New	809,895 $255 Million
Q4 2020 Feb 12, 2021	SELL	$207.01 - $276.09 $259 Million - $345 Million	-1,250,658 Closed	0 $0
Q3 2020 Nov 13, 2020	SELL	$255.65 - $303.1 $255 - $303	-1 Reduced -0.0%	1,250,658 $340 Million
Q2 2020 Aug 14, 2020	SELL	$225.48 - $295.8 $1,127 - $1,479	-5 Reduced -0.0%	1,250,659 $363 Million
Q1 2020 May 15, 2020	BUY	$199.77 - $247.81 $2,996 - $3,717	15 Added 0.0%	1,250,664 $298 Million
Q4 2019 Feb 18, 2020	BUY	$166.71 - $223.91 $63,183 - $84,861	379 Added 0.03%	1,250,649 $274 Million
Q3 2019 Nov 14, 2019	BUY	$166.23 - $187.09 $3,657 - $4,115	22 Added 0.0%	1,250,270 $212 Million
Q2 2019 Aug 14, 2019	BUY	$164.61 - $190.37 $40,823 - $47,211	248 Added 0.02%	1,250,248 $229 Million
Q1 2019 May 15, 2019	SELL	$163.73 - $194.7 $133 Million - $159 Million	-815,018 Reduced 39.47%	1,250,000 $230 Million
Q4 2018 Feb 14, 2019	SELL	$151.91 - $192.21 $89.6 Million - $113 Million	-590,000 Reduced 22.22%	2,065,018 $342 Million
Q3 2018 Nov 14, 2018	BUY	$167.73 - $192.74 $445 Million - $512 Million	2,655,018 New	2,655,018 $512 Million

Others Institutions Holding VRTX

# of Institutions

1,806

Shares Held

239M

Call Options Held

1.96M

Put Options Held

1.13M

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About VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Ticker VRTX
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Healthcare
Industry Biotechnology
Shares Outstandng 256,691,008
Market Cap $99.5B
Description
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, engages in developing and commercializing therapies for treating cystic fibrosis. The company markets SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI, ORKAMBI, and KALYDECO to treat patients with cystic fibrosis who have specific mutations in their cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene; and TRIKAF...

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Capital Research Global Investors Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Transaction History