Las Vegas Sands Corp. vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — how do they compare? Las Vegas Sands Corp. trades at $45.83 (market cap $29.44B), while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $529.98 (market cap $134.25B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 4.6× Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s market cap, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. pays a 2.64% dividend while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LVS | VRTX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $29.44B | $134.25B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $69.49 | $529.65 |
52-Week Low | $44.78 | $376.62 |
Enterprise Value | $41.33B | $128.37B |
Dividend Yield | 2.64% | — |
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Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian in Macao, and the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas in the U.S. asets were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2026. After the sale of its Vegas assets, the company will generate all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
Read more on LVS →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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