The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Cerus Corp shares valued at $31,250 were purchased by Gregory Dean A. on Aug 25 ’25. At $1.25 per share, Gregory Dean A. acquired 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 86,725 shares worth approximately $0.11 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Jensen Chrystal sold 30,075 shares, netting a total of over 43,609 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $1.45 each, the insider now holds 783,294 shares.
Before that, Jensen Chrystal had sold 18,949 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $27,476, the Chief Legal Officer traded Cerus Corp shares for $1.45 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 18,949 shares, worth approximately $1.0 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] plunged -2.38% to $1.23. The stock’s lowest price that day was $1.22, but it reached a high of $1.285 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.24%. Over the course of the year, Cerus Corp shares have dropped approximately -40.58%.
Is Cerus Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Cerus Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.1 million shares to 6.9 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 7.01 million shares. A decline of -1.48% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.68 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.68.
Which companies own the most shares of Cerus Corp (CERS)?
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 217.46% from the previous closing price of $1.26. 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.
