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VERU

VERU INC.
Nasdaq· Pharmaceutical Preparations· Inc. WI· CIK 0000863894 Biotech & Drug Discovery
$2.28 +0.07 (+3.17%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $2.21
Market cap
$38.2M
Nano cap
Consensus
Buy
88% Buy or better · 8 analysts
Median target
$25.00
+996% · range $24.00–28.00
1 year
−37.5%
from $3.65 · Oct 28
30 days
−9.9%
from $2.53
52-week range
$2.09–4.23
−46% from high · low Mar 27
Avg volume 20D
225.7K
Oct 6 spike 1.52M
Short interest
1.47M
≈8.6% of shares · +4.5%
Days to cover
4.9
at average volume
Insider net
+$4.8K
1 buyer · 0 sellers · 12 mo
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
8
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BULLISH 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 2 bullish oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 2/2

Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBULLISH

    1 insider bought $4.8K at an average $2.69. No open-market sales. Price is 15% below their cost.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 8 added (0 new), 4 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    7 of 8 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • EstimatesRISING

    Current-quarter EPS estimate −$0.325 → −$0.303 over 90 days. 1 up, 0 down in 30 days.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest +4.5% to 1.47M shares. 4.9 days to cover, ≈8.6% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    8% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCADD698,439$2.2M
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.NEAR_EXIT238,556$746.7K
BlackRock, Inc.ADD167,084$523.0K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLCDOUBLED164,450$514.7K
JANE STREET GROUP, LLCDOUBLED127,853$400.2K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INCADD84,969$266.0K
CITADEL ADVISORS LLCADD61,977$194.0K
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ADD24,765$78.0K

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

8 analysts
Buy 88% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy3Buy4Hold1Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 3 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +996%.Targets as of Oct 28, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 6, 2026WestPark Capital
INITIATE
INITIATEBuy
Jun 4, 2026Canaccord Genuity
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
May 15, 2026Oppenheimer
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform

Washington

Corporate Lobbying

2 lobbying filings and 0 bills this company lobbies on, with spend, stage and how each bill touches it, are for subscribers.

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Insider ledger

Form 4
$4.8K
bought · 1 insider
$0
sold · 0 insiders
−15.2%
vs their $2.69 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Aug 13, 2026
BARNETTE K GARY
Chief Scientific Officer
BUY$4.8K
May 4, 2026
FISCH HARRY
Chief Corporate Officer
AWARD160,000 sh
May 4, 2026
BARNETTE K GARY
Chief Scientific Officer
AWARD160,000 sh
May 4, 2026
Lu Lucy
Director
AWARD104,000 sh
May 4, 2026
Rankowitz Michael L
Director
AWARD100,000 sh
May 4, 2026
Hyun Grace
Director
AWARD97,000 sh
May 4, 2026
Katzovitz Loren Mark
Director
AWARD102,000 sh
May 4, 2026
Greco Michele
Chief Admin Officer and CFO
AWARD164,000 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
−$0.30
EPS estimate, this quarter
+7%
estimate change, 90 days
1↑ 0↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q-$0.30-$0.34–-$0.26+6.7%$0.00
Next Q-$0.26-$0.33–-$0.19—$0.00
Current FY-$0.87-$0.87–-$0.87+27.2%$0.00
Next FY-$1.00-$1.17–-$0.70-1.5%$0.00

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
1,465,647
shares short
+4.5%
vs prior settlement
4.9
days to cover
≈8.6%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Sep 8, 2026 FDA
Veru Advances Oral Sabizabulin Following Positive Preclinical Data Showing Potent Anticancer Activity in Human Daraxonrasib (Revolution Medicines’ RASONQUE™) Resistant Pancreatic Cancer into a Planned Phase 2 Clinical Trial
--New positive preclinical studies show that sabizabulin can overcome drug resistance to daraxonrasi
Aug 13, 2026 Insider
BARNETTE K GARY bought 1,800 shares
Chief Scientific Officer @ $2.69 ($4.8K)
Aug 10, 2026 SEC
Veru reported fiscal Q3 2026 results. The net loss per share improved to -$0.30 from -$0.50 a year ago, beating the…
8-K — Impact 7/10
Aug 10, 2026 SEC
Veru reported fiscal Q3 2026 results with a net loss of -$0.30 per share, beating the -$0.32 consensus by 6.3%. The…
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 7/10
Jul 2, 2026 SEC
Veru Inc. entered into an at-the-market (ATM) equity Sales Agreement with Oppenheimer and Canaccord Genuity to sell up…
8-K, 424B5 — Impact 6/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — ADD
698,439 shares ($2.2M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. — NEAR_EXIT
238,556 shares ($746.7K)
May 4, 2026 Insider
FISCH HARRY was granted 160,000 shares
Chief Corporate Officer
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent

SecBot reports

8 filings · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 neutral
All VERU filing & press-release reports (8)