Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 12.82% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.71%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $107.71 billion. Buying $100 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VRTX stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $4,416.45 today based on a price of $417.00 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…