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 $91,355 were sold by Paterson Dan on Jun 20 ’25. At $5.13 per share, Paterson Dan sold 17,808 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 443,839 shares worth approximately $1.85 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Calkins Daniel sold 4,110 shares, netting a total of over 21,084 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $5.13 each, the insider now holds 109,945 shares.
Before that, Calkins Daniel had sold 25 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $118, the Chief Financial Officer traded Verastem Inc shares for $4.71 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 25 shares, worth approximately $0.46 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 -3.26% to $4.16. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.135, but it reached a high of $4.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -19.85%. Over the course of the year, Verastem Inc shares have jumped approximately 34.19%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $9.10 on 05/27/25 and a 52-week low of $4.14 on 06/26/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Verastem Inc (VSTM)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.08, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 3.99. In the upper region, resistance lies at 4.30. The next price resistance is at 4.44. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 24.82 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment.
Is Verastem Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Verastem Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -1.1 million shares to 12.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 13.28 million shares. A decline of -9.01% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.15 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.15.
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 179.07% from the previous closing price of $4.3. 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.
