$VRTX

$515.14 -$2.35 (0.45%) Live

$VRTX Overview Financial Statements SEC Filings Executives News Red Flags Capital Raising Ownership Insider Transactions Congressional Trades

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 253.5M shares outstanding

Who owns VRTX?

By type of holder

Institutions 95.1% Insiders 0.2% Everyone else 4.6%

Concentration Top 10 holders own 50.6%

Capital World Investors 10.3% · BlackRock, Inc. 9.5%

Institutional ownership

95.1%

+1.3 pts vs last qtr

Institutional holders

1,746

+60 vs last qtr

Net shares bought

+3.4M

by institutions in Q2 2026

New / sold out

196 / 136

positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026

Norges Bank NEW +3.0M
Franklin Resources Inc +2.8M

Biggest sellers in Q2 2026

Janus Henderson Group PLC SOLD OUT −2.1M
Capital Research Global Investors −1.6M

Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months

$158M

57 notices from 14 people

Shares covered

345.4K

0.14% of the company

Arranged in advance

98%

of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan

Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan

Largest proposed sellers

Jeffrey M Leiden Director 10b5-1 $59.5M
Sachdev Amit Officer 10b5-1 $28.4M

Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025

+5.4%

+0.59% a year

Each share's claim on the business

−5.2%

shrank without buying or selling a share

Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock

$6.12B vs $4.55B

over 10 fiscal years

Diluted shares, split-adjusted

Buybacks Stock-based comp

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held

5+ years80% 3–5 years10% 1–3 years6% Under 1 year4%

Quarterly turnover

6.0%

of institutional shares changed hands

Top 10 managers, median time held

5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting VRTX on Form 13F

Holder	Shares	% of company	Change vs last qtr	Held since	% of their book
CW Capital World Investors	26.1M	10.30%	+746.9K (+2.9%)	≤2021	1.5%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding28.7M (Q2'25) Change over 8 quarters−695.7K Share of the company10.300% Capital World Investors's full portfolio →
B BlackRock, Inc.	24.1M	9.51%	+139.9K (+0.6%)	≤2021	0.2%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding24.1M (Q2'26) Change over 8 quarters+2.3M Share of the company9.510% BlackRock, Inc.'s full portfolio →

Capital World Investors

26.1M

% of company

10.30%

Change vs last qtr

+746.9K (+2.9%)

Held since

≤2021

BlackRock, Inc.

24.1M

% of company

9.51%

Change vs last qtr

+139.9K (+0.6%)

Held since

≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting VRTX on Form N-PORT; together they hold 47.7% of the company

Fund	Position value	Shares	% of company	% of the fund	As of
GF Growth Fund of America Growth Fund of America	$5.59B	12.5M	4.93%	1.55%	May 31, 2026
VT Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Vanguard Index Funds	$4B	8.1M	3.18%	0.17%	June 30, 2026

Growth Fund of America

Position value

$5.59B

% of company

4.93%

% of the fund

1.55%

As of

May 31, 2026

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Vanguard Index Funds

Position value

$4B

% of company

3.18%

% of the fund

0.17%

As of

June 30, 2026

23 more funds behind a free account

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G

Holder	Shares	% of company	Change vs last qtr	8 quarters	Held since	% of their book
KR Kewalramani Reshma Insider	98.3K	0.04%	—	—	—	—
Insider holdings come from Form 3/4/5 filings, which are not quarterly. Share of the company0.040% Kewalramani Reshma's insider activity →
SA Sachdev Amit Insider	96.3K	0.04%	—	—	—	—
Insider holdings come from Form 3/4/5 filings, which are not quarterly. Share of the company0.040% Sachdev Amit's insider activity →

Kewalramani Reshma

Insider

98.3K

% of company

0.04%

Change vs last qtr

—

Held since

—

Sachdev Amit

Insider

96.3K

% of company

0.04%

Change vs last qtr

—

Held since

—

22 more holders behind a free account

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