In last trading session, Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS) saw 1.01 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.52. Company’s recent per share price level of $1.37 trading at $0.0 or 0.00% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $254.53M. That closing price of CERS’s stock is at a discount of -85.4% from its 52-week high price of $2.54 and is indicating a premium of 18.25% from its 52-week low price of $1.12. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 1.28 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 1.49 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
For Cerus Corp (CERS), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.40. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.05 in the current quarter.
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS) trade information
Cerus Corp’s shares saw a change of -11.04% in year-to-date performance and have moved 3.01% in past 5-day. Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS) showed a performance of -12.18% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 9.89 million shares which calculate 6.29 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 4 to the stock, which implies a rise of 65.75% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 3 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 5. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -118.98% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -118.98% for stock’s current value.
Cerus Corp (CERS) estimates and forecasts
This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 18.86% from the last financial year’s standing.
3 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 47.44M for the same. And 3 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 53.5M in the next quarter. Company posted 38.37M and 45.08M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 25.97% during past 5 years.
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 3.25% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 76.31 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 78.88%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 76.31% institutions for Cerus Corp that are currently holding shares of the company. ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC is the top institutional holder at CERS for having 19.9 million shares of worth $35.02 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 10.7579 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP, which was holding about 19.48 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 10.5293 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $34.28 million.
On the other hand, ARK ETF Trust-ARK Innovation ETF and WASATCH FUNDS TRUST-Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 11.52 shares of worth $15.78 million or 6.20% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 7.71 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $10.57 million in the company or a holder of 4.15% of company’s stock.
