Lumen Technologies Inc vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — how do they compare? Lumen Technologies Inc trades at $6.76 (market cap $6.47B), while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $481.47 (market cap $121.95B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 18.8× Lumen Technologies Inc's market cap, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is trading nearer its 52-week high, Lumen Technologies Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUMN | VRTX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.47B | $121.95B |
Sector | Media | Health |
52-Week High | $11.83 | $529.59 |
52-Week Low | $3.70 | $366.54 |
Enterprise Value | $18.10B | $116.69B |
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With 450,000 route miles of fiber, including over 35,000 route miles of subsea fiber connecting Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 further shifted the company's operations toward businesses (over 70% of revenue) and away from its legacy consumer business. Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.
Read more on LUMN →Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company that discovers and develops small-molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Its key drugs are Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, and Trikafta/Kaftrio for cystic fibrosis, where Vertex therapies remain the standard of care globally. In addition to its focus on cystic fibrosis, Vertex is diversifying its pipeline through gene-editing therapies such as CTX001 for beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease, small-molecule inhibitors targeting acute and chronic pain using non-opioid treatments, and small-molecule inhibitors of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. Vertex is also investigating cell therapies to deliver a potential functional cure for type 1 diabetes.
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