Put-selling entry timing — not a quality rating.A strong long-term holding can still show a low score today (thin premium, extended trend, or turning momentum).
Vertex Pharmaceuticals dominates the cystic fibrosis market and is expanding into pain therapeutics. Low beta, defensive biotech profile. No dividend. CSP premiums are modest but steady; strike selection is straightforward due to low volatility, though pipeline catalysts can create occasional premium spikes.
Biotechnology
Market Cap
$109.2B
P/E Ratio
25.6
Beta
0.30
Forward P/E
20.0
52-Week RangeCurrent: $430.44
$362.5$507.92
Earnings
2026-08-03
74 days away
VRTX — both premium and adverse-move tolerance compress in low-volatility regimes. The composite reads neither extreme; the configuration shifts where the risk-management weight lives.
VRTX ranks #40 of 66 Healthcare tickers by put-selling score (620 total screened)
Position Size & Yield Calculator
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⚠️ Single-name concentration. Consider diversifying across multiple tickers — or use a Bull Put Spread to commit less collateral per trade.
Calculator assumptions
Cash-secured puts require holding cash equal to strike × 100 shares as collateral. Strike defaults to ~5% OTM, snapped to typical exchange increments. Premium defaults to ~2% of strike — adjust to your real expected fill. Annualized ROC = (premium ÷ collateral) × (365 ÷ DTE). CSP risk is single-name concentration: experienced put-sellers typically diversify across 4–6 underlyings rather than committing the whole account to one ticker. Continuous-rolling projections assume capital can be re-deployed after each expiration and that comparable premiums remain available — actual results vary with market conditions, assignments, and rolls.
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