Citigroup upgraded Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) to Buy from Hold this morning and increased their price target on shares of the company to $60 from $59.00. The bank cited the solid launch of Incivek and solid Q2 earnings results.
The bank also increased their 2012 GAAP EPS estimates on shares of the company $0.11 to $5.19.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a potential upside of 15.9% based on a current price of $50.54 and an average consensus analyst price target of $58.56.
