The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Verastem Inc shares valued at $310,429 were purchased by Paterson Dan on Sep 17 ’25. At $9.76 per share, Paterson Dan acquired 31,790 shares.
Also, Paterson Dan sold 1,332 shares, netting a total of over 7,739 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $5.81 each, the insider now holds 442,507 shares.
Before that, Paterson Dan had sold 17,808 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $91,355, the President and CEO traded Verastem Inc shares for $5.13 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 17,808 shares, worth approximately $4.39 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Jefferies on April 10, 2025, Verastem Inc [VSTM] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $15. Analysts at H.C. Wainwright resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of December 31, 2024, BTIG Research has reiterated its “Buy” rating for VSTM. Earlier on September 30, 2024, Guggenheim initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for VSTM stock.
Analyzing VSTM Stock Performance
On last trading session, Verastem Inc [NASDAQ: VSTM] plunged -0.40% to $9.88. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.97, but it reached a high of $10.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.00%. Over the course of the year, Verastem Inc shares have jumped approximately 311.67%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $11.24 on 09/05/25 and a 52-week low of $4.01 on 06/30/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Verastem Inc (VSTM)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 9.23, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 8.59. In the upper region, resistance lies at 10.26. The next price resistance is at 10.65. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.31 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Verastem Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Verastem Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -2.15 million shares to 15.96 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 18.11 million shares. A decline of -13.44% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.57 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.57.
Which companies own the most shares of Verastem Inc (VSTM)?
In terms of Verastem Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 12 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.97% from the previous closing price of $9.92. Analysts anticipate Verastem Inc stock to reach 14 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 10. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Verastem Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 21, 2023, BTIG Research assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $27.
