Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) on Tuesday, soared 4.53% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $8.61. Within the past 52 weeks, VSTM’s price has moved between $2.54 and $11.24.
A company in the Healthcare sector has jumped its sales by 31.36% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 28.63%. With a float of $57.09 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $61.52 million.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Biotechnology industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Verastem Inc is 7.24%, while institutional ownership is 83.80%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 22 ’25, was worth 518. In this transaction Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 57 shares at a rate of $9.08, taking the stock ownership to the 109,863 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 24 ’25, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer sold 25 for $9.23, making the entire transaction worth $231. This insider now owns 109,838 shares in total.
Verastem Inc (VSTM) Latest Financial update
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at -0.82) by -0.06. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.61 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 28.63% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 36.02% during the next five years compared to 31.36% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) Trading Performance Indicators
Verastem Inc (VSTM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 3.44 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 258.83.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.51, a number that is poised to hit -0.62 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -1.93 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Verastem Inc (VSTM)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.33 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.86 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 44.03%.
During the past 100 days, Verastem Inc’s (VSTM) raw stochastic average was set at 68.97%, which indicates a significant increase from 49.08% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.45 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.54 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $8.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $6.56. However, in the short run, Verastem Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $9.22. Second resistance stands at $9.44. The third major resistance level sits at $9.74. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.70, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.40. The third support level lies at $8.18 if the price breaches the second support level.
Verastem Inc (NASDAQ: VSTM) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 553.90 million based on 61,545K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 10,000 K and income totals -130,640 K. The company made 2,140 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -25,930 K in sales during its previous quarter.
