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Cerus Corporation
1W: +6.8% 1M: -9.5% 3M: -18.8% YTD: +20.3% 1Y: +57.0% 3Y: +89.6% 5Y: -61.1%
$2.40
+0.03 (+1.27%)
After Hours: $2.42 (+0.02, +1.04%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.9%
$2 $2 $2 $2 $3
NASDAQ · Healthcare · Medical - Devices · Tech Score Neutral · Power 48 · $483.7M mcap · 191M float · 1.19% daily turnover · Short 38% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 73% of companies Debt: 13.9% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the third-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 140 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.07 (down 97%), Cerus Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $76.8M against a stock market value of $477.6M.
Distance to default 3.20 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $47.5M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 75.4%; Altman Z -3.76. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
Smart Money Score
Moderate 50
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Key Statistics
Market Cap$483.7M
52W Range1.38-3.47
Volume3,828,331
Avg Volume2,275,607
Beta1.83
Dividend—
Analyst Ratings
8 Buy 2 Hold 0 Sell
Consensus Buy
Company Info
CEOVivek K. Jayaraman
Employees268
SectorHealthcare
IndustryMedical - Devices
IPO Date1997-01-31
Websitecerus.com
1220 Concord Avenue
Concord, CA 94520
US
925 288 6000
About Cerus Corporation

Cerus Corporation operates as a biotechnology firm dedicated to advancing and marketing the INTERCEPT Blood System. This proprietary technology significantly enhances the safety of transfusable blood components by neutralizing biological threats, thereby reducing the risk of blood-borne pathogens. The company's product line includes INTERCEPT systems specifically engineered to deactivate pathogens in donated platelets and plasma. It also offers a dedicated INTERCEPT Blood System for the inactivation of harmful agents in red blood cell components. Furthermore, Cerus markets an INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation, which leverages its plasma technology to produce two key pathogen-reduced blood products: a cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex for treating and controlling bleeding, particularly massive hemorrhages stemming from fibrinogen deficiency, and pathogen-reduced, cryoprecipitate-reduced plasma. Cerus distributes these platelet and plasma systems globally through a combination of its direct sales force and an extensive network of distributors, reaching markets in North America, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, and Latin America. Established in 1991, Cerus Corporation maintains its corporate headquarters in Concord, California.

Recent Insider Trades

NameTypeSharesPriceDate
Jensen Chrystal S-Sale 30,000 $2.98 2026-08-17
Jayaraman Vivek K S-Sale 16,666 $3.16 2026-07-16
Jayaraman Vivek K A-Award 554,529 — 2026-07-01
Jayaraman Vivek K A-Award 369,686 — 2026-07-01
Jensen Chrystal A-Award 55,000 — 2026-06-30

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