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Cerus (CERS) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.18 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cerus Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.18.

The industry rank for Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

CERS's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 6.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Cerus Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cerus Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Cerus Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.26 0.05 -0.05 -0.18

Cerus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.05 -0.10 -0.15 -0.21 -0.18

Competitive Comparison of Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Cerus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cerus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Cerus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cerus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Cerus Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(65.852+0.75 * 35.5+0.5 * 39.868-144.304
-0-0.794)/181.248
=-0.18

Cerus's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(65.852+0.75 * 35.5+0.5 * 39.868-144.304
-0-0.794)/181.248
=-0.18

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Cerus  (NAS:CERS) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Cerus (CERS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1220 Concord Avenue, Suite 600, Concord, CA, USA, 94520
Cerus Corp is a biomedical products company focused on the field of blood transfusion safety. The INTERCEPT Blood System is designed to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections by inactivating a broad range of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The company sells its INTERCEPT platelet and plasma systems in the United States of America, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the Middle East, and selected countries in other regions around the world. The firm continues to operate in only one segment: Blood safety and generates revenue from the same.
Executives
Eric Bjerkholt director 132 PURDURE AVENUE, KENGSINGTON CA 94708
Ann Lucena director C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 1220 CONCORD AVE. SUITE 600, CONCORD CA 94520
Swisher Daniel N Jr director C/O SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 395 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 400, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gail Schulze director 3451 WELLS ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Laurence M Corash director C/O CERUS CORP, 2411 STENWELL DRIVE, CONCORD CA 94520
William Mariner Greenman officer: President, Cerus Europe C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 2411 STANWELL DRIVE, CONCORD CA 94520
Chrystal Menard officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 2550 STANWELL DRIVE, CONCORD CA 94520
Kevin Dennis Green officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 2411 STANWELL DRIVE, CONCORD CA 94520
Richard J Benjamin officer: Chief Medical Officer 15 WHITE PINE ROAD, NEWTON MA 02464
Vivek K Jayaraman officer: Chief Commercial Officer 3910 BRICKWAY BLVD, SANTA ROSA CA 95403
Hua Shan director C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 1220 CONCORD AVE., STE. 600, CONCORD CA 94520
Carol Moore officer: SR. V.P. Regulatory, Clinical C/O CERUS CORPORATION, 2550 STANWELL DRIVE, CONCORD CA 94520
Timothy B Anderson director C/O JAN STERN REED BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, ONE BAXTER PARKWAY DF2 2W, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Timothy L. Moore director C/O KITE PHARMA, INC., 2225 COLORADO AVE., SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Frank Witney director 940 WINTER STREET, C/O PERKINELMER, WALTHAM MA 02451