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The Potential Rise in the Price of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VRTX) following insiders activity

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s recently made public that its Director SACHS BRUCE I acquired Company’s shares for reported $2.69 million on Aug 01 ’24. In the deal valued at $508.00 per share,5,295 shares were bought.

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Then, SACHS BRUCE I sold 5,295 shares, generating $2,689,860 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $508.00, the Director now owns 40,000 shares.

Before that, Kewalramani Reshma bought 15,202 shares. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shares valued at $7,677,010 were divested by the Officer at a price of $505.00 per share.

Barclays downgraded its Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [VRTX] rating to an Equal weight from a an Overweight in a research note published on August 05, 2024; the price target was increased to $509 from $472. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Redburn Atlantic’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late June with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Evercore ISI also remained covering VRTX and has increased its forecast on April 11, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “an In-line” rating. Wolfe Research started covering the stock on February 15, 2024. It rated VRTX as “an Outperform”.

Price Performance Review of VRTX

On Monday, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NASDAQ:VRTX] saw its stock fall -3.55% to $476.91. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.26%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shares have risen nearly 17.21% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 37.15% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $510.64 was reached on 08/01/24, a 52-week low of $340.20 was recorded on 04/18/24. SMA at 50 days reached $479.05, while 200 days put it at $421.46. A total of 2.22 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 1.53 million shares in the previous session.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For VRTX Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 465.59, which if violated will result in even more drops to 454.27. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 486.02. A further resistance level may holdings at 495.13. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 42.71, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.92, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 71.37%. Stochastics%K at 54.20% indicates the stock is a holding.

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