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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Oct 2, 2026

VSTM

Verastem, Inc.
BEARISH
Impact 5/10
Horizonweeks Processed24d 12h ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $373K total
Actionable Insight ▼ Bearish

CEO's $353K open-market sale without a 10b5-1 plan is a material insider signal. Monitor upcoming clinical data readouts or earnings for potential negative catalyst. Watch for any subsequent 8-K or press release for any material adverse event.

DirectionBearish
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+5d
VSTM ▲ +3.13% at T+5d
SHORT call ✗ call lost -3.13% · α vs SPY -2.70% · entry $8.00 → $8.25
Next anchor: T+20d in 3d
Latest observation: T+14 -17.74% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Oct 2, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-3.13%
call +3.13% · α +3.67%
$7.75
settled 22d ago
T+5d
+3.13%
call -3.13% · α -2.70%
$8.25
settled 18d ago
T+20d
Pending
in 3d
T+60d
Pending
in 2mo

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Executive Summary

CEO Dan Paterson and CFO Daniel Calkins sold a combined $373K in open-market sales on October 1, 2026, at $8.00/share. The CEO sale ($353K) is the dominant event; the CFO's sale ($21K) is minor. No 10b5-1 plan is indicated, and the sales are not part of a regular pattern, suggesting informed selling ahead of a potential catalyst or data readout.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$373.0K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CEO Dan Paterson sold 44,100 shares at $8.00 for $353K on 2026-10-01
  • CFO Daniel Calkins sold 2,566 shares at $8.00 for $20,528 on 2026-10-01
  • Total open-market sales: $373K, no 10b5-1 plan indicated
  • No insider buys in the cluster; net direction is selling
  • Sales are not part of a regular pattern — no prior cluster sales in the window

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $373K, representing approximately 0.11% of market cap (based on ~$326M market cap from snapshot). The CEO sale alone is 0.11% of market cap.

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Risk Factors

  • CEO sold a material amount without a plan — potential negative catalyst ahead
  • No insider buying to offset the selling signal
  • Biotech insider selling often precedes negative clinical data or financing events

Investment Themes

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-VSTM-1790975779781
12 reports for VSTM
Performance horizon
100% Hit rate @ T+60 3 of 3 directional calls Went positive at some point 7 of 7 best @ T+60▲ +97.07%Jun 11, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for VSTM — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 14, 2026
12d ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$9.23awaiting T+60—$10.00 (−8.34%)
Oct 14, 2026
12d ago
424B5
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$9.23awaiting T+60—$10.00 (−8.34%)
Oct 14, 2026
12d ago
424B5
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$9.23awaiting T+60—$10.00 (−8.34%)
Oct 14, 2026
12d ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$7.71awaiting T+60—$10.00 (+29.70%)
Oct 2, 2026
24d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$8.00awaiting T+60—$10.00 (−25.00%)
Jun 23, 2026
17w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$3.85 $7.55▲ +96.10%▲ +93.27%$10.00 (+159.74%)
Jun 17, 2026
18w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$4.17 $7.32▲ +75.54%▲ +72.39%$10.00 (+139.81%)
Jun 11, 2026
19w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 5/10
$4.10 $8.08▲ +97.07%▲ +93.81%$10.00 (+143.90%)
Jun 11, 2026
19w ago
Institutional Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$3.94 $8.20▲ +108.12%▲ +103.73%$10.00 (+153.81%)
May 27, 2026
21w ago
3
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$4.29 $6.89▲ +60.61%▲ +58.87%$10.00 (+133.10%)
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Report published Oct 2, 2026