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Verastem Inc

VSTM
8.070USD
+0.140+1.77%
Close 11/07, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
538.66MMarket Cap
LossP/E TTM

Verastem Inc

8.070
+0.140+1.77%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Verastem Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Verastem Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
95 / 407
Overall Ranking
218 / 4614
Industry
Biotechnology & Medical Research

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 9 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
16.000
Target Price
+98.27%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Verastem Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Verastem, Inc. is a late-stage development biopharmaceutical company. The Company's pipeline is focused on anticancer agents that inhibit critical signaling pathways in cancer that promote cancer cell survival and tumor growth, particularly rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (RAF)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibition and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibition. The Company’s advanced product candidates, avutometinib and defactinib, are being investigated in both preclinical and clinical studies for the treatment of various solid tumors, including low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC), and melanoma. Avutometinib is an orally available small molecule RAF/MEK clamp that inhibits the ras sarcoma (RAS)/RAF/MEK, ERK mitogen activated pathway kinase (MAPK) pathway. Defactinib is an oral small molecule inhibitor of FAK and proline-rich tyrosine kinase (PYK2).
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 285.21% year-on-year.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 10.00M.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 10.00M.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is -1.88, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 53.21M shares, decreasing 3.45% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Steven Cohen
Star Investor Steven Cohen holds 3.34M shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 1.20.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company's current financial score is 5.99, which is lower than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 6.92. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is low.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.99
Change
0

Financials

6.85

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

8.05

Operational Efficiency

2.57

Growth Potential

5.35

Shareholder Returns

7.11

Verastem Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current valuation score is 5.76, which is lower than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 7.05. Its current P/E ratio is -1.88, which is -64.06% below the recent high of -0.68 and -88.57% above the recent low of -3.55.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.76
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 95/407
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.67, which is higher than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 8.00. The average price target for Verastem Inc is 15.50, with a high of 20.00 and a low of 14.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.67
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 9 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
16.000
Target Price
+98.27%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

521
Total
6
Median
6
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Verastem Inc
VSTM
9
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
CRSP
30
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc
IONS
25
argenx SE
ARGX
25
Intellia Therapeutics Inc
NTLA
25
IQVIA Holdings Inc
IQV
25
1
2
3
...
104

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.05, which is higher than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 6.46. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 9.78 and the support level at 6.67, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.99
Change
0.06

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(4)
Neutral(2)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.142
Sell
RSI(14)
44.211
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
23.525
Sell
ATR(14)
0.706
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-70.712
Neutral
Williams %R
79.528
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-0.162
Sell
StochRSI(14)
10.370
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(4)
Neutral(0)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
8.394
Sell
MA10
8.702
Sell
MA20
8.654
Sell
MA50
9.024
Sell
MA100
7.563
Buy
MA200
6.970
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 5.16. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 86.71%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 5.88%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 3.42M shares, representing 5.56% of shares outstanding, with 7.11% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
RTW Investments L.P.
4.25M
+0.14%
Balyasny Asset Management LP
4.21M
-12.16%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
3.42M
+40.88%
Logos Global Management LP
3.42M
+242.50%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.
Star Investors
3.34M
--
Foresite Capital Management, LLC
1.28M
--
Nantahala Capital Management, LLC
2.95M
+28.55%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
2.49M
+6.92%
J. Goldman & Co., L.P.
2.45M
+1284.88%
State Street Investment Management (US)
2.25M
+177.22%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current risk assessment score is 4.36, which is higher than the Biotechnology & Medical Research industry's average of 3.47. The company's beta value is 0.45. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.36
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.46
VaR
+7.25%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+51.29%
240-Day Volatility
+98.06%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+11.16%
120 days
+19.93%
5 years
+125.55%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-20.10%
120 days
-20.10%
5 years
-66.17%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.44
120 days
+0.59
5 years
+0.30

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+51.29%
3 years
+84.36%
5 years
+96.22%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+2.05
3 years
+0.38
5 years
-0.14
Skewness
240 days
+1.44
3 years
+5.68
5 years
+4.90

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+98.06%
5 years
+103.55%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+6.90%
5 years
+12.07%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+83.89%
240 days
+83.89%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+53.17%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+70.77%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+4.97%
120 days
+4.07%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+120.00%
60 days
+96.98%
120 days
+61.25%

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