Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) is 37.91% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.10 and a high of $13.52 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VSTM stock was last observed hovering at around $7.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.33%.
Currently trading at $7.13, the stock is 2.89% and 10.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.24 million and changing -4.42% at the moment leaves the stock 53.69% off its SMA200. VSTM registered -39.83% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 80.51%.
The stock witnessed a 49.16% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.27%, and is 6.58% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 15.31% over the week and 10.81% over the month.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) has around 78 employees, a market worth around $409.92M and $10.00M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -1488.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 239.52% and -47.26% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-360.19%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 29.84% this year
The shares outstanding are 51.49M, and float is at 45.64M with Short Float at 20.43%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BVF INC/IL with over 1.69 million shares valued at $5.02 million. The investor’s holdings represent 6.2739 of the VSTM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is SOLEUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with 1.66 million shares valued at $4.95 million to account for 6.1848 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 1.62 million shares representing 6.0393 and valued at over $4.83 million, while VIVO CAPITAL, LLC holds 5.7275 of the shares totaling 1.54 million with a market value of $4.58 million.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Paterson Dan, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Paterson Dan sold 820 shares of the company’s common stock on May 05 ’25 at a price of $7.30 per share for a total of $5986.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.35 million shares.
Verastem Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 20 ’25 that Calkins Daniel (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 65 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 20 ’25 and was made at $6.89 per share for $448.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 86374.0 shares of the VSTM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 24 ’25, Calkins Daniel (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 26 shares at an average price of $7.04 for $183.0. The insider now directly holds 86,348 shares of Verastem Inc (VSTM).
