VSTMVerastem, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: in an uptrend, but a crowded short (+17% of shares).
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Price is +64% vs its 200-day average.
A crowded short, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How VSTM is trading
Verastem, Inc. is +27% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 11 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +64%
vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend
- RSI (14)
- 66
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 5.8%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $10.02
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +28%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +27%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −70%
- vs 50-day average$7.88
- +27%
- 52-week high
- $10.64
- 52-week low
- $3.45
- Annualised volatility
- 89%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +30% |
| 2025 | +49% |
| 2024 | −36% |
| 2023 | +70% |
| 2022 | −80% |
| 2021 | −3.8% |
| 2020 | +59% |
| 2019 | −60% |
| 2018 | +9.4% |
| 2017 | +174% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +14% |
| Feb | 10 | 3 of 10 | −1.3% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | +7.0% |
| Apr | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.69% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +9.8% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | −8.9% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +16% |
| Aug | 11 | 5 of 11 | +5.5% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −1.5% |
| Oct | 11 | 3 of 11 | −8.8% |
| Nov | 10 | 9 of 10 | +17% |
| Dec | 10 | 2 of 10 | −11% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.