Stock Evaluator: Cerus Corporation (CERS)

Cerus Corporation CERS

$2.15 -0.74 -25.61%
July 31, 2026 4:00:00 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 8,323,788
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NASD | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Health Care Health Care Equipment & Supplies

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Cerus Corporation operates as a biomedical products company. The company focuses on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The company offers INTERCEPT Blood System, a proprietary technology for controlling biological replication that is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. The company also offers INTERCEPT Blood Systems for platelets plasma, and cryoprecipitation, which is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in platelets and plasma donated for transfusion; INTERCEPT Blood System for red blood cells to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in red blood cells intended for transfusion; INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation that uses its plasma system to produce pathogen reduced cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex for the treatment and control of bleeding, including massive hemorrhage associated with fibrinogen deficiency, as well as pathogen reduced plasma and cryoprecipitate reduced; and INTERCEPT Illuminator, an LED-based device for blood component treatment. It sells platelet and plasma systems through its direct sales force and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, Latin America, and internationally. The company was formerly known as CERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC and changed its name to Cerus Corporation in July 1996. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Concord, California.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics CERS Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $579.1 $334.8 39%
Shares Out (Mil) 194.1 41.7 76%
Institutional Ownership 95.2% 77.3% 67%
Float (Mil) 182.9 34.7 72%
Beta 1.63 0.86 86%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 2,149 266 83%
Price Change
(52-week)
117.3% 60.7% 94%
Growth CERS Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 17.5% 11.8% 78%
Net Income (5yr) 23.6% (5.8%) 78%
EPS (5yr) 26.0% 10.7% 76
Dividends (5yr) 0.0% 0.0% 0%
Cash Flow (5yr) (14.9%) (16.1%) 53%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 2 2 2
Current EPS ($0.010) ($0.030) $0.000
Month Ago EPS ($0.010) ($0.030) $0.000
# Rev Up 0 0 0
# Rev Down 1 0 1
Three Months Ago EPS ($0.025) ($0.060) ($0.005)
Year/Year Chg 25.0% (63.4%) (222.0%)
Financials CERS Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $217 $152 33%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) ($10) ($11) 29%
EPS (TTM) ($0.050) ($0.500) 38%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $3 ($2) 34%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $8 $1 56%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $42 $22 38%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $541 $304 35%
Valuation CERS Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 8.50 2.88 88%
P/E na 30.5 na
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0%
PEG (5yr hist) na 1.9 na
Ratios CERS Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 53.0% 59.1% 65%
Net Margin (4.4%) (7.7%) 26%
ROA (4.4%) (13.7%) 31%
ROE (15.5%) (15.9%) 25%
Liabilities to Assets 69.4% 44.9% 65%
F-Score 5 4 51%

Cerus Corporation did not pass any screens on 7/30/2026.

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