Cerus Corporation (CERS): Price and Financial Metrics

CERS POWR Grades

• CERS scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 83.81% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CERS is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 52 weeks.
• CERS ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 26th percentile.

CERS Stock Summary

• CERS's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 323.14 -- higher than 91.51% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• CERS's price/sales ratio is 8.35; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 80.1% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 29.39%, Cerus Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 80.35% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CERS, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are PSNL, DUO, PDFS, ENTX, and AMWL.
• CERS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Cerus Corp's official web site, go to www.cerus.com.

CERS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, CERS's price/sales ratio is 123.68% higher, now standing at 8.5.
• Over the past 243 months, CERS's price/earnings ratio has gone up 0.4.
• Over the past 243 months, CERS's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 4.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CERS.

CERS Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 181.83%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 48.5%.
• The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -31.06%.

Over the past 70 months, CERS's revenue has gone up $108,797,000.

The table below shows CERS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	143.02	-41.158	-59.636
2021-06-30	130.11	-39.255	-61.338
2021-03-31	119.174	-38.917	-60.848
2020-12-31	114.249	-40.743	-59.857
2020-09-30	107.147	-40.846	-62.399
2020-06-30	100.802	-58.384	-66.227

CERS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CERS has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 39.02% of graded US stocks.
• CERS's asset turnover comes in at 0.647 -- ranking 61st of 186 Medical Equipment stocks.
• BSGM, NVCR, and STRR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CERS.

The table below shows CERS's key quality metrics over time.