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sellWeak cluster of 410b5-1 plan

David Altshuler sold $1.6M of VRTX

EVP, Chief Scientific Officer at VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA. 3,231 shares at an average of $490.00, traded Mar 3, 2025, filed Mar 5, 2025.

Warning score
35
Value
$1.6M
3,231 shares
Holdings after
29,743
-10% from before
From 52-week low
+22%
low $396.64, close $483.31
From 52-week high
-6%
high $516.74, as of Mar 3, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.6M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 9.8% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VRTXOct 9, 2026 · close 510.08
Since filing Mar 5, 2025: +3.8%SPY +36.2% · excess -32.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000875320-25-000139, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,231$490.00$1.6M29,743Mar 5, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
3Weak
VRTXsell 210b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$22k
52 shares
-0%
15Weak
VRTXsell 210b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Sangeeta N. Bhatia
director
$202k
400 shares
-8%
33Weak
VRTXsell 210b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$1.6M
3,231 shares
-12%
40Moderate
VRTXsell 310b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$1.6M
3,231 shares
-11%
30Weak
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$611k
1,272 shares
-4%
40Moderate
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Edward Morrow Atkinson III
EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off.
$1.3M
2,650 shares
-12%
26Weak
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$408k
848 shares
-2%
27Weak
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Kristen Ambrose
SVP & Chief Accounting Officer
$425k
884 shares
-9%
33Weak
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Edward Morrow Atkinson III
EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off.
$850k
1,767 shares
-7%
28Weak
VRTXsell 410b5-1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
David Altshuler
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$533k
1,111 shares
-2%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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