CERS — Cerus Corporation

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About Cerus Corporation

Cerus Corporation operates as a biomedical products company. The company focuses on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The company offers INTERCEPT Blood System, a proprietary technology for controlling biological replication that is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$2.73
Market Cap$549M
Float181.4M
Shares Outstanding200.4M
Price/Sales (TTM)2.54
vs. Analyst Target+70.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-4.41%
Operating Margin (TTM)-0.66%
Revenue (TTM)$217M
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$4.67 (5 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $91.9M -$59.9M $50.8M -$55.2M
2021 $131M -$54.4M $67.4M -$45.8M
2022 $162M -$42.8M $87.1M -$31.1M
2023 $156M -$37.5M $86.4M -$26.3M
2024 $180M -$20.9M $99.5M -$10.0M
2025 $206M -$15.6M $110M -$34.3M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $52.4M -$5.7M
Sep 2025 $52.7M -$19,000
Dec 2025 $57.8M -$2.2M
Mar 2026 $59.9M -$1.6M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership3.2%
Institutional Ownership74.6%
Short Float6.2%
% of All Funds Holding1.89%
Number of Funds Holding155

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$2.27Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$1.96Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$1.73Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$2.17Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$1.97Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$1.74Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$1.92Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$1.80 support 1.23x 4 months ago
$1.30 support 1.20x 7 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (117 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.41% 0.00% 42.74% 32.51% -35.20%
1 Day -0.45% 0.00% 47.86% 33.99% -41.62%
1 Week -1.60% -0.77% 44.44% 36.49% -50.84%
2 Weeks -1.69% -1.75% 46.15% 38.86% -51.19%
1 Month -0.11% 2.48% 54.31% 46.03% -55.31%

Next earnings: July 19, 2026 (52 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.0%44.8%29
Feb1.0%40.0%30
Mar-1.9%40.0%30
Apr1.6%46.7%30
May-0.8%51.7%29
Jun1.3%55.2%29
Jul8.2%55.2%29
Aug-3.9%41.4%29
Sep1.4%48.3%29
Oct-2.8%44.8%29
Nov5.2%69.0%29
Dec2.4%48.3%29

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.01% 44.5% 1385
Tuesday 0.08% 46.2% 1514
Wednesday 0.06% 45.7% 1514
Thursday 0.09% 46.6% 1483
Friday 0.11% 47.4% 1476

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 74.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 3.2%

Founder-led management: Laurence Corash (Chief Scientific Officer)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings14
Net Value-$2.7M
Net Shares Change-976,747
% of Float-0.5%
C-Suite Filings13
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Greenman William Mariner President and CEO -$742,022.9 1 N/A
Benjamin Richard J Chief Medical Officer -$670,467.37 3 N/A
Jayaraman Vivek K Chief Operating Officer -$342,144.957 2 N/A
Jensen Chrystal Chief Legal Officer -$249,136.505 2 N/A
Green Kevin Dennis Chief Financial Officer -$211,365.917 1 N/A
Gregory Dean A. +$31,250 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-03-09 – 2026-03-16 11 5 -$2.5M 11 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2025-08-25 Gregory Dean A. +$31,250 Transaction at $1.25, now +118.4%
2026-03-16 Jensen Chrystal Chief Legal Officer -$187,276.858 Transaction at $1.66, now +64.7%
2026-03-16 Green Kevin Dennis Chief Financial Officer -$211,365.917 Transaction at $1.66, now +64.7%
2026-03-16 Benjamin Richard J Chief Medical Officer -$168,603.528 Transaction at $1.66, now +64.7%
2026-03-16 Jayaraman Vivek K Chief Operating Officer -$273,769.44 Transaction at $1.66, now +64.7%
2026-03-16 Greenman William Mariner President and CEO -$742,022.9 Transaction at $1.66, now +64.7%

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