Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.11% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.8%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $122.70 billion. Buying $1000 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of VRTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,431.96 today based on a price of $475.40 for VRTX at the time of writing. Vertex Pharmaceuticals’s Performance Over Last 5 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compo…