Cerus Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Cerus Corp had return on equity of -26.0%, an operating margin of -3.7%, debt equal to 130.7% of equity and a current ratio of 1.73. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Cerus Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	30.0%	41.7%	36.5%	43.7%	43.0%	41.8%	31.4%	43.0%	56.1%	58.4%	64.4%	64.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	−132.5%	−69.1%	−48.2%	−47.0%	−71.4%	−122.2%	−178.5%	−156.5%	−112.1%	−72.3%	−70.6%	−51.1%	−30.7%	−18.1%	−16.1%	−7.1%	−3.7%	−1.0%
Net margin	−134.2%	−73.2%	−51.4%	−43.3%	−109.3%	−106.4%	−163.2%	−160.2%	−118.0%	−75.7%	−76.0%	−52.4%	−34.1%	−22.7%	−20.1%	−10.4%	−6.7%	−2.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	−82.0%	−69.1%	−47.8%	−38.1%	−69.2%	−115.1%	−151.5%	−137.7%	−102.5%	−42.6%	−79.4%	−38.0%	−21.8%	−14.7%	−25.6%	4.2%	0.5%	0.2%
Return on equity	−112.5%	−74.9%	−80.8%	−85.1%	−140.0%	−91.9%	−82.0%	−82.5%	−125.3%	−93.3%	−100.6%	−74.4%	−57.7%	−56.2%	−62.3%	−38.5%	−26.0%	−10.5%
Return on assets	—	−35.1%	−36.3%	−33.8%	−65.5%	−46.9%	−50.5%	−51.8%	−60.1%	−44.0%	−43.3%	−30.9%	−23.7%	−18.8%	−18.0%	−10.5%	−7.4%	−3.4%
Asset turnover	—	0.48	0.71	0.78	0.60	0.44	0.31	0.32	0.51	0.58	0.57	0.59	0.70	0.83	0.90	1.01	1.11	1.19
Current ratio	—	2.12	1.88	1.72	1.98	2.57	5.96	3.50	3.89	2.79	2.55	3.06	2.38	1.45	2.14	2.39	1.73	1.96
Debt to equity	0.0%	20.6%	39.9%	40.7%	7.9%	24.1%	21.1%	33.7%	77.0%	35.5%	69.1%	38.1%	64.7%	103.4%	151.9%	150.1%	130.7%	83.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m
R&D as % of revenue	35.4%	22.5%	21.7%	20.7%	38.3%	59.9%	74.9%	79.8%	65.7%	56.0%	64.4%	56.4%	39.9%	34.0%	36.2%	29.3%	29.0%	23.4%
SG&A as % of revenue	121.6%	93.4%	69.8%	69.8%	75.6%	103.6%	134.4%	124.6%	102.5%	74.7%	70.6%	58.7%	51.0%	44.3%	40.4%	37.7%	34.6%	33.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.1%	7.3%	0.5%	0.2%	1.7%	5.8%	2.1%	1.4%	0.7%	1.5%	9.5%	1.4%	0.6%	1.1%	2.5%	1.4%	1.6%	1.2%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Cerus Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2018 Q4Dec 2018	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Gross margin	73.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	−48.8%	−13.5%	−6.5%	2.3%	−0.8%	−0.7%	−3.2%	0.7%
Net margin	−51.2%	−17.8%	−10.9%	−0.0%	−2.6%	−3.1%	−5.1%	−1.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	−24.0%	−2.2%	−5.6%	0.2%	5.7%	−6.1%	−6.2%	4.2%
Current ratio	2.79	2.32	2.00	1.89	1.73	1.63	1.83	1.96
R&D as % of revenue	39.2%	38.4%	36.0%	30.0%	19.2%	27.1%	25.0%	24.7%
SG&A as % of revenue	46.8%	46.9%	40.4%	35.3%	24.4%	37.2%	39.8%	38.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 3 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $205m

Short-term assets $157mLonger-term assets $48m

What it owes, and who funded it · $204m

Short-term liabilities $80mLonger-term liabilities $48mShareholders' equity $76m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $157m of assets due within a year against $80m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $157m short-term assets against $48m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$2m against $7m of interest.

From Cerus Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

21 /100

Weak moat

How hard Cerus's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 0 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median -23.7% of total assets over 7 years.
Pricing power 9 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 43.8%, moving by 8.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -72.3%; its worst year was -178.5%.
Cash conversion 1 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 8 years, at a median -93.8% of revenue.
Discipline 1 / 20

The diluted share count rose 16.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 13.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Cerus Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cerus Corp.