Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated vs Zscaler Inc — how do they compare? Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $481.09 (market cap $121.95B), while Zscaler Inc trades at $148.6 (market cap $24.23B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 5× Zscaler Inc's market cap, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is trading nearer its 52-week high, Zscaler Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VRTX | ZS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $121.95B | $24.23B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $529.59 | $336.27 |
52-Week Low | $366.54 | $118.05 |
Enterprise Value | $116.69B | $22.55B |
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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.
Read more on VRTX →Zscaler is a security-as-a-service firm that offers its customers cloud-delivered solutions for protecting user devices and data. The firm leverages its position in 150 colocation data centers to deliver traditionally appliance-based security functionality, such as firewalls and sandboxes, as a completely cloud-native platform. The firm focuses on large enterprise customers and offers two primary product suites: Zscaler Internet Access, which securely connects users to externally managed application and websites (such as Salesforce and Google), and Zscaler Private Access, which securely connects users to internally managed applications. Both product suites encompass a broad gamut of capabilities situated across the traditional security stack.
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