BUZZ-Verastem Oncology falls on planned stock offering

Reuters
Nov 14
BUZZ-<a href="https://laohu8.com/S/VSTM">Verastem</a> Oncology falls on planned stock offering

** Verastem's VSTM.O shares down 6.2% in extended trading to $7.61 after equity offering news

** Needham, Massachusetts-based VSTM announces stock offering without disclosing deal size

** It intends to use net offering proceeds to fund commercial activities for its U.S. FDA approved ovarian cancer therapy, branded as Avmapki Fakzynja Co-pack, continued R&D of other product candidates, among other purposes

** Jefferies, Guggenheim and Cantor Fitzgerald are joint bookrunners

** VSTM has ~66.8 mln shares outstanding for about $542 mln market cap

** Shares on Thurs finished down 4.7% at $8.11, trimming YTD gain to 57%

** All 9 analysts covering VSTM are bullish and their median PT is $15.50, per LSEG data

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))

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