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How VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$12.0B · 100%Cost of revenue$1.7B · 14%Gross profit$10.3B · 86%Operating income$4.2B · 35%Income before tax$4.6B · 39%Income tax$690M · 6%Net income$4.0B · 33%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$12.0B100%
Cost of revenue$1.7B14%
$10.3B86%
$4.2B35%
Income before tax$4.6B39%
Income tax$690M6%
$4.0B33%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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