Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Verastem Inc shares valued at $629 were sold by Calkins Daniel on Dec 24 ’25. At $7.86 per share, Calkins Daniel sold 80 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 109,758 shares worth approximately $0.86 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Stuglik Brian M sold 592 shares, netting a total of over 5,411 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $9.14 each, the insider now holds 101,147 shares.
Before that, Paterson Dan had sold 393 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,592, the President and CEO traded Verastem Inc shares for $9.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 393 shares, worth approximately $3.23 million.
Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 24, 2025, H.C. Wainwright has reiterated its “Buy” rating for VSTM. Earlier on December 31, 2024, BTIG Research resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for VSTM stock.
Analyzing VSTM Stock Performance
On last trading session, Verastem Inc [NASDAQ: VSTM] rose 3.01% to $7.87. The stock’s lowest price that day was $7.49, but it reached a high of $8.12 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.94%. Over the course of the year, Verastem Inc shares have jumped approximately 17.11%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $8.88 on 01/07/26 and a 52-week low of $6.68 on 01/05/26.
Support And Resistance Levels for Verastem Inc (VSTM)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 7.53, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 7.19. In the upper region, resistance lies at 8.17. The next price resistance is at 8.47. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 45.33 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 2025-12-15 dropping by -2.42 million shares to 16.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 19.14 million shares. A decline of -14.47% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.73 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 7.73.
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In terms of Verastem Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 14 in the next 12 months, up nearly 83.25% from the previous closing price of $7.64. Analysts anticipate Verastem Inc stock to reach 15 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 13. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Verastem Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 30, 2024, Guggenheim assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $13.
