NASDAQ:VCEL Vericel (VCEL) Stock Price, News & Analysis $46.64 -1.17 (-2.45%) Closing price 07/17/2026 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$46.64 -0.01 (-0.01%) As of 07/17/2026 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFDA EventsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Vericel Stock (NASDAQ:VCEL) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Vericel alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$45.97▼$48.0250-Day Range$32.82▼$48.3152-Week Range$28.95▼$48.75Volume472,154 shsAverage Volume588,527 shsMarket Capitalization$2.38 billionP/E Ratio111.05Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$55.50Consensus RatingHold Company Overview Vericel Corporation is a biotechnology company specializing in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of cell-based therapies for patients with severe diseases and conditions. The company’s expertise lies in regenerative medicine, where it harnesses the power of autologous cell processing to create products designed to restore function and promote healing in damaged tissues. Vericel currently markets two FDA-approved therapies. MACI® (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) is indicated for the repair of symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee in adult patients. EPICEL® (cultured epidermal autograft) is approved for use in pediatric burn patients with deep partial-thickness or full-thickness burns covering at least 30% of total body surface area. Vericel manages the entire manufacturing process—from cell collection and expansion to final product release—at its state-of-the-art cell processing facilities in the United States. The company distributes its products across the U.S. market and has established licensing and distribution partnerships to serve patients in select international regions, including Europe, Canada and Australia. Beyond its commercial portfolio, Vericel maintains a pipeline of investigational therapies targeting tendon repair and other musculoskeletal injuries. Its research and development efforts leverage proprietary cell culture platforms and delivery technologies aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs in regenerative medicine.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Vericel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks73rd Percentile Overall ScoreVCEL MarketRank™: Vericel scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 261st out of 848 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.3 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingVericel has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Upside PotentialVericel has a consensus price target of $55.50, representing about 19.0% upside from its current price of $46.64.Amount of Analyst CoverageVericel has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Vericel's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth71.43% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Vericel are expected to grow by 71.43% in the coming year, from $0.49 to $0.84 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Vericel is 111.05, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.82.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Vericel is 111.05, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 27.17.Price to Book Value per Share RatioVericel has a P/B Ratio of 6.65. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Vericel's valuation and earnings. Short Interest3.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted10.41% of the float of Vericel has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverVericel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.33.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Vericel has recently decreased by 7.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldVericel does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthVericel does not have a long track record of dividend growth. News and Social Media3.6 / 5News Sentiment0.80 News SentimentVericel has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Medical companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Vericel this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.Search Interest3 people have searched for VCEL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. MarketBeat Follows1 people have added Vericel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership1.0 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Vericel insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,084,167.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders7.60% of the stock of Vericel is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsVericel has minimal institutional ownership at this time.Read more about Vericel's insider trading history. 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Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. VCEL Stock News HeadlinesVericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) Raised to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen1 hour ago | americanbankingnews.comVericel Corporation (NASDAQ:VCEL) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by BrokeragesJuly 17 at 4:07 AM | americanbankingnews.comDo this before December or regret itPorter Stansberry believes President Trump will use the December G20 Summit in Miami to unveil a radical monetary reset tied to executive order 14241 - one he says could draw a sharp dividing line between prepared investors and those left behind. The last time America reset its money - under Nixon in the 1970s - it produced an average of 1,300 new millionaires per day for over 50 years. Stansberry's new documentary names a core group of assets he believes are positioned to surge as Trump's new dollar rolls out. Watch Porter Stansberry's full briefing and get his three steps to prepare before December. | Porter & Company (Ad)Vericel to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on July 30, 2026July 16 at 8:30 AM | globenewswire.comVericel Stock Short Interest Report | NASDAQ:VCEL | BenzingaJuly 13, 2026 | benzinga.comVericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) Insider Sells 2,732 Shares of StockJuly 1, 2026 | insidertrades.comVericel Stock Is Up 10%. Here's What This $402,000 Insider Sale Really SuggestsJune 27, 2026 | fool.comVericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) Insider Sean Flynn Sells 15,000 Shares of StockJune 23, 2026 | insidertrades.comSee More Headlines VCEL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have VCEL shares performed this year? Vericel's stock was trading at $36.01 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VCEL stock has increased by 29.5% and is now trading at $46.64. How were Vericel's earnings last quarter? Vericel Corporation (NASDAQ:VCEL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.15) by $0.03. The business's revenue was up 30.1% on a year-over-year basis. Read the conference call transcript. Who are Vericel's major shareholders? Vericel's top institutional investors include Kopp Family Office LLC (0.10%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.05%), Versant Capital Management Inc (0.01%) and GAMMA Investing LLC. Insiders that own company stock include Dominick Colangelo, Jonathan Mark Hopper, Paul K Wotton, Robert L Md Zerbe, Joseph Anthony Mara Jr, Steven C Gilman, Sean C Flynn, Michael Halpin and Jonathan Siegal. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Vericel? Shares of VCEL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Vericel own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Vericel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Netflix (NFLX). Company Calendar Last Earnings5/07/2026Today7/18/2026Next Earnings (Estimated)7/30/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Green Zone (1m+) 1-Year History Jul 25 Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 VCEL's financial health is in the Green zone, according to TradeSmith. VCEL has been in this zone for over one month. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorMedical Industry MED - BIOMED/GENE Sub-IndustryPharmaceutical Products Current SymbolNASDAQ:VCEL CIK887359 Webwww.vcel.com Phone(617) 588-5555Fax617-588-5554Employees300Year Founded1989Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Vericel$55.50 High Price Target$64.00 Low Price Target$46.00 Potential Upside/Downside+19.0%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.43 Research Coverage7 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$0.42 Trailing P/E Ratio111.05 Forward P/E Ratio95.18 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$16.52 million Net Margins7.35% Pretax Margin7.64% Return on Equity6.41% Return on Assets4.61% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio5.18 Quick Ratio4.79 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$276.26 million Price / Sales8.62 Cash Flow$0.54 per share Price / Cash Flow86.07 Book Value$7.01 per share Price / Book6.65Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares51,070,000Free Float47,187,000Market Cap$2.38 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.07 Social Links 10 Stocks Powering The Next AI Boom The AI boom is creating opportunities across semiconductors, cloud computing, enterprise software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and automation. 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