Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated‘s stocks are currently a part of 1033 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 88.99% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 231.29M shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 0.85% or 1.94M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 38.63% (399) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 35.04% (362) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 10.07% (104) closed the holdings completely. 148 hedge funds are new holders of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock in Q1 2022, it is 14.33% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 574
Q3 2017 605
Q4 2017 637
Q1 2018 672
Q2 2018 682
Q3 2018 689
Q4 2018 697
Q1 2019 728
Q2 2019 705
Q3 2019 697
Q4 2019 799
Q1 2020 838
Q2 2020 938
Q3 2020 926
Q4 2020 942
Q1 2021 972
Q2 2021 951
Q3 2021 911
Q4 2021 1,008
Q1 2022 1,033

Hedge funds changes in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 1052131823737
Q3 2017 812671804037
Q4 2017 1012572026314
Q1 2018 972412385739
Q2 2018 652742395351
Q3 2018 782502426455
Q4 2018 932342628226
Q1 2019 952922246255
Q2 2019 732762428628
Q3 2019 632872347142
Q4 2019 1602732654259
Q1 2020 1303242748426
Q2 2020 1673962666049
Q3 2020 913963169429
Q4 2020 155374310131-28
Q1 2021 1404163041057
Q2 2021 113387328124-1
Q3 2021 97355338131-10
Q4 2021 1953343578933
Q1 2022 14839936210420

Hedge funds changes in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 416,218,000 169,380,000
Q3 2017 385,512,000 331,291,000
Q4 2017 205,661,000 225,067,726
Q1 2018 216,426,198 219,725,416
Q2 2018 293,784,796 305,604,264
Q3 2018 402,876,514 351,979,340
Q4 2018 402,759,321 407,172,135
Q1 2019 303,276,135 243,945,930
Q2 2019 308,780,828 276,681,958
Q3 2019 252,671,852 301,564,522
Q4 2019 368,886,620 388,180,445
Q1 2020 17,306,386,000 12,263,960,950
Q2 2020 47,325,497,085 2,323,935,310
Q3 2020 267,409,060 288,405,448
Q4 2020 276,341,876 370,299,236
Q1 2021 638,600,375 19,565,702,657,670
Q2 2021 721,842,125 5,265,707,927,890
Q3 2021 469,577,125 527,157,170
Q4 2021 652,015,160 547,131,560
Q1 2022 590,314,000 863,070,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 7.30B 25.24M 0.249%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 6.11B 21.13M 0.180%
FMR LLC 5.02B 17.36M 0.524%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 3.62B 12.52M 0.814%
STATE STREET CORP 3.55B 12.29M 0.225%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 2.64B 9.14M 1.282%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 2.32B 8.02M 0.495%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.52B 5.27M 0.231%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 1.49B 5.15M 0.245%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.40B 4.85M 0.202%
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 1.37B 4.75M 1.369%
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 1.25B 4.34M 0.470%
LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 1.20B 4.15M 2.439%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 1.17B 4.04M 0.433%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.12B 3.90M 1.139%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 914.56M 3.15M 0.513%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 836.19M 2.88M 0.191%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 731.8M 2.52M 0.087%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 619.29M 2.13M 0.876%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 619.06M 2.13M 0.242%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 602.66M 2.08M 0.146%
MORGAN STANLEY 560.99M 1.93M 0.076%
AMUNDI 551.28M 1.82M 0.327%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 529.12M 1.82M 0.319%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 521.13M 1.79M 0.479%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 498.22M 1.72M 0.115%
HARDING LOEVNER LP 474.79M 1.63M 3.113%
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 464.95M 1.60M 0.790%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 434.75M 1.50M 0.326%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 401.86M 1.38M 0.144%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 386.49M 1.33M 0.157%
INVESCO LTD. 382.09M 1.31M 0.123%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 364.84M 1.26M 0.321%
BELLEVUE GROUP AG 335.32M 1.15M 4.813%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 320.91M 1.10M 0.230%
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC 314.21M 1.08M 0.914%
VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 274.72M 948.82K 0.288%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 271.02M 936.05K 0.223%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 270.09M 932.85K 0.147%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 267.31M 923.24K 0.084%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 259.80M 897.30K 0.319%
ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH 255.01M 880.75K 0.519%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 250.26M 864.30K 0.096%
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 226.64M 782.78K 0.336%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 225.34M 778.27K 0.073%
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 218.25M 751.88K 0.153%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 208.22M 718.92K 0.353%
IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC 201.64M 697.73K 1.036%
ASSENAGON ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A. 191.74M 662.23K 0.736%
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 180.62M 623.84K 0.264%