Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Verastem Inc shares valued at $75,497 were sold by Bunn Paul A. on Oct 09 ’25. At $9.06 per share, Bunn Paul A. sold 8,333 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 8,333 shares worth approximately $78330.2 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Bunn Paul A. purchased 8,333 shares, netting a total of over 74,497 in proceeds.
Before that, Calkins Daniel had sold 57 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $518, the Chief Financial Officer traded Verastem Inc shares for $9.08 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 57 shares, worth approximately $1.03 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] rose 4.44% to $9.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.95, but it reached a high of $9.45 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.15%. Over the course of the year, Verastem Inc shares have jumped approximately 216.50%.
Is Verastem Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Verastem Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 1.51 million shares to 17.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 15.96 million shares. A jump of 8.63% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 8.08.
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In terms of Verastem Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 10 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.11% from the previous closing price of $9.0. Analysts anticipate Verastem Inc stock to reach 14 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 5. 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.
