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UPDATE: Oppenheimer Starts Vertex (VRTX) at Perform

December 15, 2016 7:01 AM EST
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Price: $417.32 --0%

Rating Summary:
    29 Buy, 11 Hold, 1 Sell

Rating Trend: = Flat

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 10 | New: 10
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(Updated - December 15, 2016 9:39 AM EST)

Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Vertex (NASDAQ: VRTX) with a Perform rating. Analyst Hartaj Singh sees shares as fairly valued.

"The company has a stellar sales/earnings growth trajectory over 3-5 years, but nearterm consensus Orkambi sales numbers need to come further down, before the stock can positively re-rate. The soft US Orkambi launch—an overhang in 2016—will potentially be replicated to a lesser extent in the EU in 2017, and we believe that Street total sales consensus of $2.2B is approximately $150-200M too high, while adjusted EPS (non-GAAP) needs to come down another 20% before near-term numbers stabilize. We are below the Street for both," said the analyst.

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Shares of Vertex closed at $78.33 yesterday.



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