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Geron Corporation

Health CarePharmaceutical Preparations
Ticker GERNFOSTER CITY, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $0.34Diluted shares 670.8M

Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing treatments for blood cancers. Its lead product, RYTELO (imetelstat), is a telomerase inhibitor approved in the United States and European Union for certain adults with transfusion-dependent anemia… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Geron Corporation reported revenue of $217.52M, up 18.6% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $47.83M. Its operating margin was −14.7%, and operations used $90.53M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $183.88M, up 138.8% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $83.50M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$183.88MFY2025
+138.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $217.52M
-37.30%FY2025
+188.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo -14.75%
$-83.50MFY2025
+52.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-47.83M
-36.97%FY2025
+25.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo -21.10%
Cash & financing
$-111.04MFY2025
+49.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-90.53M
$-111.09MFY2025
+49.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $-91.16M
0.53FY2025
Was 0.42× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.53
666.7MFY2025
+3.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 670.8M

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 Geron Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing treatments for blood cancers. Its lead product, RYTELO (imetelstat), is a telomerase inhibitor approved in the United States and European Union for certain adults with transfusion-dependent anemia due to lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Geron markets RYTELO in the United States and is pursuing access and commercialization through third parties in Europe and other international markets. The company is also evaluating imetelstat in clinical trials for relapsed or refractory myelofibrosis, frontline myelofibrosis, higher-risk MDS and acute myeloid leukemia, and conducts research into next-generation telomerase inhibitors. Geron operates as a single business focused on RYTELO and imetelstat development, with no reportable segments described. RYTELO was developed internally, and Geron holds global commercial rights. The company launched the product in the United States in June 2024 and received European Commission approval in March 2025. Its website is www.geron.com.

Company details
Sector
Health Care
Industry (SIC)
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
FOSTER CITY, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
886744
SIC
2834

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-224.29M$-103.80M$16.70M$137.19M$257.69M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 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 Geron Corporation — and what changed

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

127
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$182.32M
held by funds, at market
21.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Geron Corporation’s weight in each

0.26%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
—of fund net assets
ClearBridge Small Cap Growth Fund
SASMX · Legg Mason Partners Investment 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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