Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 13.03% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.14%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $120.74 billion. Buying $100 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VRTX stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $4,331.39 today based on a price of $467.79 for VRTX at the time of writing. Vertex Pharmaceuticals’s Performance Over Last 20 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference co…