Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:VSTM) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, July 09, with the stock price up by 2.12% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $4.81.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $4.71, falling within a range of $4.6517 and $4.8979. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.851. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $9.10, and the low was $2.10. On the whole, VSTM has fluctuated by -25.08% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Verastem Inc currently standing at about $264.30 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-May-13.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VSTM’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of VSTM currently trading nearly -2.56% and -23.45% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 41.04, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 8.25% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 6.83%. Furthermore, Verastem Inc (VSTM)’s beta value is 0.79.
A comparison of Verastem Inc (VSTM) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VSTM showed an intraday change of 2.12% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -6.96%%.
Data on historical trading for Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:VSTM) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 2.85 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.15 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 51.49 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 11.00% of Verastem Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 69.49% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 12.18 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 5.15. According to the data, the short interest in Verastem Inc (VSTM) stood at 2227.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 13.28 million. The stock has risen by 75.55% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VSTM stock heading into the next quarter.
