Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) on Friday, plunged -4.64% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $1.51. Within the past 52 weeks, CERS’s price has moved between $1.12 and $2.23.
A company in the Healthcare sector has jumped its sales by 25.97% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -6.82%. With a float of $179.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $191.59 million.
Cerus Corp (CERS) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Medical Devices industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Cerus Corp is 6.55%, while institutional ownership is 76.39%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 25 ’25, was worth 31,250. In this transaction Director of this company bought 25,000 shares at a rate of $1.25, taking the stock ownership to the 86,725 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 14 ’25, when Company’s Chief Legal Officer sold 30,075 for $1.45, making the entire transaction worth $43,609. This insider now owns 783,294 shares in total.
Cerus Corp (CERS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at -0.03) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.01 per share during the current fiscal year. According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.82% per share during the next fiscal year.
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) Trading Performance Indicators
Cerus Corp (CERS) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.35 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.43. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 80.72.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.10, a number that is poised to hit -0.03 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.07 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Cerus Corp (CERS)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.77 million. That was better than the volume of 1.34 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.08%.
During the past 100 days, Cerus Corp’s (CERS) raw stochastic average was set at 55.77%, which indicates a significant increase from 54.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.0931 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.0770 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.3152, while its 200-day Moving Average is $1.4651. However, in the short run, Cerus Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $1.5000. Second resistance stands at $1.5600. The third major resistance level sits at $1.5950. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.4050, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.3700. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $1.3100.
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 276.05 million based on 191,699K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 201,320 K and income totals -20,920 K. The company made 60,130 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -5,710 K in sales during its previous quarter.
