NASDAQ:CERS - Cerus Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cerus trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CERS."

Cerus Co. (NASDAQ:CERS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.13) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.01. The biotechnology company earned $18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.69 million. Cerus had a negative net margin of 100.38% and a negative return on equity of 100.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 16.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.11) EPS. View Cerus' Earnings History.

Cerus is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cerus.

Cerus updated its FY 2019 IntraDay earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $74.6-74.6 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $92.01 million.

3 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Cerus' shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Cerus' share price to reach $7.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 60.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cerus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cerus in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cerus.

News stories about CERS stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cerus earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Cerus.

Cerus saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,520,000 shares, an increase of 13.7% from the November 28th total of 8,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 931,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.2 days. Approximately 7.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Cerus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cerus include Align Technology (ALGN), Cooper Companies (COO), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), Neogen (NEOG), Quidel (QDEL), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Atrion (ATRI), Antares Pharma (ATRS), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), OraSure Technologies (OSUR) and Meridian Bioscience (VIVO).

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Cerus' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.70%), First Midwest Bank Trust Division (0.05%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.05%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.01%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cerus stock include Carol Moore, Chrystal Menard, Gail Schulze, Kevin Dennis Green, Laurence M Corash, Richard J Benjamin, Timothy B Anderson and William Mariner Greenman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cerus.

CERS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Midwest Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Cerus company stock in the last year include Carol Moore, Gail Schulze, Kevin Dennis Green, Richard J Benjamin, Timothy B Anderson and William Mariner Greenman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cerus.

CERS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Company insiders that have bought Cerus stock in the last two years include Laurence M Corash and William Mariner Greenman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cerus.

Shares of CERS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CERS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.57.

Cerus has a market capitalization of $641.26 million and generates $60.91 million in revenue each year. The biotechnology company earns $-57,560,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.44) on an earnings per share basis. Cerus employs 240 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cerus.

The official website for Cerus is http://www.cerus.com/.

Cerus' mailing address is 1220 CONCORD AVENUE SUITE 600, CONCORD CA, 94520. The biotechnology company can be reached via phone at 925-288-6000 or via email at [email protected]