Cerus (STU:CU2) Debt-to-Equity : 2.04 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Cerus Debt-to-Equity?

Cerus's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €20.5 Mil. Cerus's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €72.0 Mil. Cerus's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €45.4 Mil. Cerus's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.04.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cerus's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

STU:CU2' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09 Med: 0.61 Max: 2.04
Current: 2.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Cerus was 2.04. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.61.

STU:CU2's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
95.77% of 709 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs STU:CU2: 2.04

Cerus Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cerus's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Cerus Debt-to-Equity Chart

Cerus Annual Data

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Dec16

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.13

0.64

1.04

1.29

1.82

Cerus Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.53	1.73	1.97	1.82	2.04

Competitive Comparison of Cerus's Debt-to-Equity

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Cerus's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Cerus's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cerus's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Cerus Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cerus's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(20.588	+	67.443)	/	48.28
	=	1.82

Cerus's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(20.523	+	72.031)	/	45.42
	=	2.04

Cerus (STU:CU2) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Cerus (STU:CU2) Business Description

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1220 Concord Avenue, Suite 600, Concord, CA, USA, 94520

Website

http://www.cerus.com

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.

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