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Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) closed the day trading at $1.76M up 7280864% from the previous closing price of $5.19. In other words, the price has increased by $7280864 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.28 million shares were traded. VSTM stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.24 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.905.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VSTM, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.50 and its Current Ratio is at 3.50.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on April 10, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On March 24, 2025, H.C. Wainwright reiterated its Buy rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $7 to $10.
BTIG Research reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on December 31, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $13 to $20.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 20 ’25 when Dan Paterson bought 17,808 shares for $5.13 per share.
Paterson Dan sold 335 shares of VSTM for $1,893 on Jun 16 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 461,647 shares after completing the transaction at $5.65 per share. On Jun 16 ’25, another insider, Gagnon Robert E., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 284 shares for $5.65 each. As a result, the insider received 1,605 and left with 42,242 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VSTM now has a Market Capitalization of 270899552 and an Enterprise Value of 230125408. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 27.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 23.013 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.756.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VSTM is 0.86, which has changed by 0.5903226 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09544468 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VSTM has reached a high of $9.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.70%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VSTM traded about 1.76M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VSTM traded about 1963980 shares per day. A total of 51.49M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.88M. Insiders hold about 11.04% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.35% stake in the company. Shares short for VSTM as of 1748563200 were 13178438 with a Short Ratio of 7.51, compared to 1745971200 on 9322943. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13178438 and a Short% of Float of 24.09.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
The market rating for Verastem Inc (VSTM) is a result of the insights provided by 2.0 analysts actively involved in the assessment.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.68, with high estimates of -$0.62 and low estimates of -$0.73.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$2.6 and -$3.24 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$2.92. EPS for the following year is -$1.85, with 1.0 analysts recommending between -$1.85 and -$1.85.
Revenue Estimates
For the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $5.53M. There is a high estimate of $10.6M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.06M.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for VSTM’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $63.94M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.43M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $22.46M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $10MBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $91.25M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $174.5M and the low estimate is $54.85M.
