CERS Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own CERS shares is 183, representing 79.28% of the company's common stock.

STATE OF WYOMING, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CERS by -9.83% restricting it's holding to 34.22 thousand shares of worth nearly $64.68K. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -0.67% of the CERS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 13.64 million shares of worth $25.77M. PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ also shunned CERS shares holding by -0.34% last quarter which brought its holding to 8.58 million shares worth $16.22M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MARSHALL WACE, LLP increased its stake in CERS by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 202.58 thousand shares having worth more than $382.87K. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 1.15% more shares of CERS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 9.98 million shares of worth $18.87M. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also increased its CERS shares holding by 2.41% which brought its holding to 7.75 million shares worth $14.65M.

The insider with the most stakes in CERS is Greenman William Mariner , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, CERS stock is highly held by Chief Scientific Officer CORASH LAURENCE M and Chief Operating Officer Jayaraman Vivek K among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.25% percent of Cerus Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which CERS insiders have sold stock, totaling 135.99K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include JENSEN CHRYSTAL, BJERKHOLT ERIC, and GREEN KEVIN DENNIS.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Cerus Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 1725 shares

Around 2.28M Cerus Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.25% of CERS stock.

CERS President and CEO, Greenman William Mariner holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CERS shares owned by Greenman total nearly 3.18 million.

MARSHALL WACE, LLP is the largest institutional owner in CERS which holds 202.58 thousand shares worth $382.87K or 0.11% of the total CERS shares outstanding followed by STATE OF WYOMING with ownership of 34.22 thousand shares representing 0.02% of the CERS ownership. BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP is the third largest stakeholder with 19.48 million shares or 10.7% of the ownership worth more than $36.81M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the CERS is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of CERS shares short is 7.80M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 185.72M shares of CERS are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, CERS has 157.72M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for CERS is 6.35.