Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Cerus Corp shares valued at $93,500 were sold by Jensen Chrystal on Nov 24 ’25. At $1.70 per share, Jensen Chrystal sold 55,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 728,294 shares worth approximately $1.53 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, CHRYSTAL NIKOLE JENSEN purchased 55,000 shares, netting a total of over 93,500 in proceeds.
Before that, Gregory Dean A. had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $31,250, the Director bought Cerus Corp shares for $1.25 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 25,000 shares, worth approximately $0.18 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on April 12, 2024, Cerus Corp [CERS] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $5. Analysts at BTIG Research downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid January. As of January 17, 2023, Stephens has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal-weight” for CERS.
Analyzing CERS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Cerus Corp [NASDAQ: CERS] rose 5.53% to $2.1. The stock’s lowest price that day was $1.96, but it reached a high of $2.11 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 19.32%. Over the course of the year, Cerus Corp shares have jumped approximately 9.95%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $2.2300 on 01/28/25 and a 52-week low of $1.1200 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Cerus Corp (CERS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 2.0000, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 1.9100. In the upper region, resistance lies at 2.1500. The next price resistance is at 2.2100. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.95 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Cerus Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Cerus Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-14 jumping by 0.55 million shares to 5.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-15 was 5.17 million shares. A jump of 9.58% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.68 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.68.
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In terms of Cerus Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 4 in the next 12 months, up nearly 101.01% from the previous closing price of $1.99. Analysts anticipate Cerus Corp stock to reach 5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 3. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Cerus Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 16, 2020, Cantor Fitzgerald assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $9.
