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Cerus Corp.

Health CareSurgical & Medical Instruments
Ticker CERSCONCORD, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $0.38Diluted shares 198.8M

Cerus (Nasdaq: CERS) is a biomedical products company that develops and commercializes the INTERCEPT Blood System, designed to reduce pathogens in donated blood components for transfusion. Its products treat platelets and plasma, and its cryoprecipitation system uses treated plasma to produce INTERCEPT Fibrinogen… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Cerus Corp. reported revenue of $233.40M, up 3.3% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $7.39M. Its operating margin was −1.1%, and operations generated $3.50M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $233.80M, up 16.1% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $15.64M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$233.80MFY2025
+16.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $233.40M
-3.71%FY2025
+3.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo -1.06%
$-15.64MFY2025
+25.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $-7.39M
-24.33%FY2025
+12.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo -9.66%
Cash & financing
$4.84MFY2025
−57.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $3.50M
$1.11MFY2025
−87.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $0.49M
1.31FY2025
Was 1.50× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.84
190.6MFY2025
+3.3% year over year
Last 12 mo 198.8M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Cerus Corp. does

In the company’s own words

Cerus (Nasdaq: CERS) is a biomedical products company that develops and commercializes the INTERCEPT Blood System, designed to reduce pathogens in donated blood components for transfusion. Its products treat platelets and plasma, and its cryoprecipitation system uses treated plasma to produce INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex for bleeding associated with fibrinogen deficiency and pathogen-reduced, cryoprecipitate-reduced plasma. Customers include blood collection centers and transfusion services, which supply hospitals and other providers; sales are made directly and through distributors in the United States and international markets. Cerus also develops a red blood cell system, which is not yet commercialized, and sells an LED-based illuminator in some markets. The company’s technology combines proprietary compounds with processing kits and illuminators to inactivate pathogens in blood components. Cerus reports its operations as one business segment. Its platelet and plasma products are marketed in the United States and multiple international regions, while the cryoprecipitation system is FDA-approved. For fiscal 2025, the company reported total revenue of $ million. Its website is www.cerus.com.

Company details
Sector
Health Care
Industry (SIC)
Surgical & Medical Instruments
Headquarters
CONCORD, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1020214
SIC
3841

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-101.75M$-10.24M$81.28M$172.79M$264.30M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cerus Corp. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

136
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$150.43M
held by funds, at market
28.8%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Cerus Corp.’s weight in each

ARK Innovation ETF
ARKK · ARK ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.02%of fund net assets
ARK Genomic Revolution ETF
ARKG · ARK ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund
WAMCX · WASATCH FUNDS TRUST
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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