Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) is 41.28% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.10 and a high of $9.10 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 $4.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.17%.
Currently trading at $1.76M, the stock is -26.54% and -29.90% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.91 million and changing 2911587% at the moment leaves the stock -10.88% off its SMA200. VSTM registered -10.64% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.43%.
The stock witnessed a -39.29% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -30.53%, and is -17.50% down 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 1.89% over the week and 6.67% over the month.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) has around 78 employees, a market worth around $253.87M and $10.00M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -1488.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 120.00% and -49.23% 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 23.59% this year.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 51.49M, and float is at 48.88M with Short Float at 26.96%.
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
Verastem Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 16 ’25 that Paterson Dan (President and CEO) sold a total of 335 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 16 ’25 and was made at $5.65 per share for $1893.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.46 million shares of the VSTM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 16 ’25, Gagnon Robert E. (Director) disposed off 284 shares at an average price of $5.65 for $1605.0. The insider now directly holds 42,242 shares of Verastem Inc (VSTM).
