DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 2.88% to $477.32 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.10% to 6,843.22 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.07% to 49,533.19.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 8.15% below its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.59% to $232.86, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 4.12% to $287.84, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.64% to $7.40.
Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 17, 2026.
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February 17, 2026 16:37 ET (21:37 GMT)
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