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Cerus Corp

CERS

1.300USD

+0.070+5.69%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
249.06MMarket Cap
LossP/E TTM

Cerus Corp

1.300

+0.070+5.69%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered undervalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
88 / 207
Overall Ranking
236 / 4723
Industry
Healthcare Equipment & Supplies

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 4 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
4.667
Target Price
+270.37%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Cerus Corporation is a biomedical products company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The INTERCEPT Blood System, which is based on its proprietary technology for controlling biological replication, is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. Its INTERCEPT Blood System is intended for use with blood components and certain of their derivatives: platelets, plasma, red blood cells and to produce INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex (IFC), and pathogen reduced plasma, cryoprecipitate reduced. The INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation uses its plasma system to produce IFC for the treatment and control of bleeding, including massive hemorrhage, associated with fibrinogen deficiency. In addition, the INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation is used to produce pathogen reduced plasma, cryoprecipitate reduced.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is -12.30, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 150.59M shares, decreasing 7.25% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Catherine Wood
Star Investor Catherine Wood holds 19.21M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 7.28, which is lower than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 7.32. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 60.13M, representing a year-over-year increase of 19.02%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 1.18%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.15
Change
0.13

Financials

5.70

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.14

Operational Efficiency

8.27

Growth Potential

7.99

Shareholder Returns

7.29

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 1.20, which is lower than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 2.00. Its current P/E ratio is -12.30, which is 3.89% below the recent high of -12.77 and -9.90% above the recent low of -13.51.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
2.00
Change
-0.8

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 88/207
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.50, which is lower than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 7.70. The average price target for Cerus Corp is 5.00, with a high of 5.00 and a low of 4.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.50
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 4 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
4.667
Target Price
+279.40%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

118
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Cerus Corp
CERS
4
Medtronic PLC
MDT
35
Stryker Corp
SYK
33
Abbott Laboratories
ABT
31
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
ZBH
30
Dexcom Inc
DXCM
29
1
2
3
...
24

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.20, which is lower than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 6.45. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 1.40 and the support level at 1.11, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.41
Change
-0.21

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(4)
Neutral(3)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.008
Sell
RSI(14)
45.535
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
35.311
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.063
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-51.391
Neutral
Williams %R
66.667
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-0.132
Sell
StochRSI(14)
58.015
Sell
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
1.234
Buy
MA10
1.260
Buy
MA20
1.267
Buy
MA50
1.309
Sell
MA100
1.332
Sell
MA200
1.477
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 6.89. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 78.56%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 2.95%. The largest institutional shareholder is Catherine Wood, holding a total of 19.21M shares, representing 10.02% of shares outstanding, with 10.60% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
ARK Investment Management LLC
Star Investors
20.66M
-0.77%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
12.94M
+0.22%
Baker Bros. Advisors LP
19.35M
-0.65%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
10.55M
+1.32%
Wasatch Global Investors Inc
Star Investors
8.32M
--
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.
6.19M
-4.19%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
4.54M
+1.97%
Senvest Management, LLC
4.41M
-31.10%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
3.80M
-0.21%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.61, which is lower than the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies industry's average of 3.87. The company's beta value is 1.66. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.61
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.66
VaR
+6.43%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+46.05%
240-Day Volatility
+71.07%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+5.93%
120 days
+13.93%
5 years
+21.61%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-8.53%
120 days
-10.79%
5 years
-28.04%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-0.20
120 days
-0.39
5 years
-0.22
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+46.05%
3 years
+72.51%
5 years
+86.45%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.60
3 years
-0.30
5 years
-0.19
Skewness
240 days
+0.34
3 years
+0.23
5 years
+0.41
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+71.07%
5 years
+67.86%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+7.72%
5 years
+15.69%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-70.34%
240 days
-70.34%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+42.57%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+38.01%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.62%
120 days
+0.65%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-8.41%
60 days
-12.00%
120 days
-7.50%

Peer Comparison

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7.68 /10
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