CEO Kewalramani sells 40,000 VRTX shares across 13 transactions for $19.7M; post-trade holdings 98,278 shares.
Reshma Kewalramani, CEO & President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, executed 13 separate sales totaling 40,000 shares for $19,738,854.85, reducing holdings by -28.9% from 138,278 to 98,278 shares. The transaction prices ranged from $479.75 to $496.16, with a blended average of $493.47, occurring while the stock currently trades at $474.27 (-7.7% from its 52-week high of $513.76). At the same-ticker level, Kewalramani's prior 5 trades at VRTX showed a 5 of 5 well-timed pattern at the 90-day mark, with her most recent buys (2025-08-06) posting 90-day returns of +8.1% and +8.4%, while her three prior sells (2024-07-22, 2024-07-30, 2024-11-08) each generated negative 90-day returns of -2.8%, -5.7%, and -6.6% respectively. The fundamental backdrop shows Vertex with solid metrics: $3.1B latest quarterly revenue, $1.1B net income, +8.9% annual growth, and a P/E of 14.76 on a $120.5B market cap. The timing and magnitude of this disposition warrant attention given the insider's demonstrated precision in prior transactions at this ticker and the proximity of current price to the year's lows.