Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS)’s stock price has increased by 0.37 compared to its previous closing price of 1.34. However, the company has seen a -1.83% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-06-13 that CONCORD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS) is proud to announce its celebration of World Blood Donor Day 2025. In 2005, the World Health Assembly designated June 14th as World Blood Donor Day to recognize and thank blood donors across the world for their important contributions to the global blood supply. This year’s theme, “Give blood, give hope: together we save lives” is a reminder that hope is something we can all share. Cerus is proud to promote blood safety and exp.
Is It Worth Investing in Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.54. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CERS is 178.59M, and at present, short sellers hold a 5.06% of that float. On June 20, 2025, the average trading volume of CERS was 1.26M shares.
CERS’s Market Performance
The stock of Cerus Corp (CERS) has seen a -1.83% decrease in the past week, with a 0.37% rise in the past month, and a -12.10% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.20%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.59% for CERS. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -0.52% for CERS’s stock, with a -16.89% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CERS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CERS stocks, with Craig Hallum repeating the rating for CERS by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CERS in the upcoming period, according to Craig Hallum is $5 based on the research report published on April 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Stephens gave a rating of “Equal-Weight” to CERS, setting the target price at $3.75 in the report published on January 17th of the previous year.
CERS Trading at 0.83% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CERS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -47.05% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CERS starting from Jensen Chrystal, who sale 30,075 shares at the price of $1.45 back on Mar 14 ’25. After this action, Jensen Chrystal now owns 783,294 shares of Cerus Corp, valued at $43,609 using the latest closing price.
Jensen Chrystal, the Chief Legal Officer of Cerus Corp, sale 18,949 shares at $1.45 during a trade that took place back on Mar 13 ’25, which means that Jensen Chrystal is holding 813,369 shares at $27,476 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CERS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.09 for the present operating margin
- 0.56 for the gross margin
The net margin for Cerus Corp stands at -0.1. The total capital return value is set at -0.13. Equity return is now at value -36.14, with -9.57 for asset returns.
Based on Cerus Corp (CERS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.09. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.79. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.64.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -9.88 million with net debt to EBITDA at -9.57. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.82. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.03for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.9. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.32.
Conclusion
To sum up, Cerus Corp (CERS) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
