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As of close of business last night, Verastem Inc’s stock clocked out at $7.23, up 3.88% from its previous closing price of $6.96. In other words, the price has increased by $3.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.58 million shares were traded. VSTM stock price reached its highest trading level at $7.305 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.9.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of VSTM’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.23 and its Current Ratio is at 3.23. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.95.
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, BTIG Research on December 31, 2024, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $20 from $13 previously.
On September 30, 2024, Guggenheim started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $13.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 04 ’25 when Paterson Dan sold 858 shares for $5.70 per share. The transaction valued at 4,891 led to the insider holds 346,723 shares of the business.
Paterson Dan sold 8,568 shares of VSTM for $44,896 on Jan 13 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 347,581 shares after completing the transaction at $5.24 per share. On Jan 13 ’25, another insider, Dan Paterson, who serves as the Officer, Director of the company, bought 8,568 shares for $5.24 each.
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 321781984 and an Enterprise Value of 271196192. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 32.18 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 26.32. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 27.12 whereas that against EBITDA is -2.369.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VSTM is 0.49, which has changed by -0.3607427 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VSTM has reached a high of $13.52, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 20.25%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 80.22%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that VSTM traded 1.38M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1279530 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 40.26M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.48M. Insiders hold about 11.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.22% stake in the company. Shares short for VSTM as of 1740700800 were 5964402 with a Short Ratio of 4.33, compared to 1738281600 on 5240330. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5964402 and a Short% of Float of 13.44.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
