Cerus Corp (CERS)’s stock has witnessed a price hike of 3.85% from the previous close with its current price standing at $1.49. Its current price is -41.54% under its 52-week high of $2.54 and 8.00% more than its 52-week low of $1.38. Based on the past 30-day period, the stock price is -22.28% below the high and +8.70% above the low.
The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, CERS’s SMA-200 is $1.8413.
Additionally, it is important to take into account CERS stock ratios, including its price-to-sales ratio, which is 1.53 for the last tewlve months.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 32.38. CERS’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 4.91, resulting in an 3.43 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Cerus Corp (CERS) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. Currently, there are 6 brokerage firms that recommend the stock as a Moderate Buy. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1. Using a scale of 1-5, the current average recommendation is 4.33 in simple terms.
Cerus Corp (CERS): Earnings History
Most analysts expect public companies to report earnings and revenue in line with their projections, but sometimes these figures vary from what they actually expected. In the current quarter, the company had earnings predictions made by 1 different analysts, who are expecting earnings to fall in between the range of -0.05 and -0.05 with an average Earnings Estimate of -0.05 which is in contrast with the last year earnings estimate of -0.05 and also replicates unch growth rate year over year.
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Cerus Corp (CERS). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 3.25% of shares. A total of 187 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 76.31% of its stock and 78.87% of its float.
Dec 31, 2024, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is ARK Investment Management, LLC holding total of 20.81 shares that make 11.20% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 30.91 million.
The securities firm Baker Bros. Advisors, LP holds 19.48 shares of CERS, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 10.48%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 28.92 million.
An overview of Cerus Corp’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Cerus Corp (CERS) traded 1,593,831 shares per day, with a moving average of $1.5480 and price change of -0.3100. With the moving average of $1.7070 and a price change of -0.1800, about 1,530,584 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, CERS’s 100-day average volume is 1,503,584 shares, alongside a moving average of $1.7092 and a price change of -0.1300.
