Cerus Stock Price History
NASDAQ: CERSHealth CareMedical/Dental InstrumentsUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
CERS price history at a glance
The price history for Cerus (CERS) on this page begins on January 27, 1997, when the stock closed at $12.13; it most recently closed at $2.30 on October 5, 2026. The highest price in this record is $81.88, reached on December 25, 2000; the latest close is 97.2% below that peak. Across the 28 complete calendar years in the table, CERS finished higher in 12 and lower in 16. Its best year was 2005 (+244.1%) and its worst was 2008 (-87.0%).
Over roughly 30 years the share price changed -81.0%, a -5.4% compound annual price return (excluding dividends). In the last 12 months alone, CERS has gained 37.7%. Prices are split-adjusted closing prices; daily open, high, low, close and volume for the past year are listed below.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
Key price levels
- High since 1997
- $81.88
- Date of high
- Dec 25, 2000
- Low since 1997
- $0.55
- Date of low
- Dec 15, 2008
- 52-week high
- $3.47
- 52-week low
- $1.38
- IPO year
- 1997
- Last close
- $2.30
CERS returns
1 week
+0.88%
1 month
-8.37%
3 months
-26.28%
6 months
+21.69%
Year to date
+11.65%
1 year
+37.72%
3 years
+78.29%
5 years
-62.42%
CERS price return, excluding dividends.
CERS annual returns
| Year | Year-end close | Return |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.30 | +16.75% |
| 2025 | 1.97 | +17.26% |
| 2024 | 1.68 | -22.22% |
| 2023 | 2.16 | -40.82% |
| 2022 | 3.65 | -46.40% |
| 2021 | 6.81 | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 6.92 | +60.56% |
| 2019 | 4.31 | -20.04% |
| 2018 | 5.39 | +59.47% |
| 2017 | 3.38 | -22.30% |
| 2016 | 4.35 | -31.17% |
| 2015 | 6.32 | -3.07% |
| 2014 | 6.52 | -1.66% |
| 2013 | 6.63 | +121.00% |
| 2012 | 3.00 | +7.14% |
| 2011 | 2.80 | +13.82% |
| 2010 | 2.46 | +23.62% |
| 2009 | 1.99 | +142.68% |
| 2008 | 0.82 | -87.05% |
| 2007 | 6.33 | +8.02% |
| 2006 | 5.86 | -42.27% |
| 2005 | 10.15 | +244.07% |
| 2004 | 2.95 | -34.44% |
| 2003 | 4.50 | -78.77% |
| 2002 | 21.20 | -56.12% |
| 2001 | 48.31 | -35.80% |
| 2000 | 75.25 | +183.96% |
| 1999 | 26.50 | +26.19% |
| 1998 | 21.00 | -4.55% |
| 1997* | 22.00 | +81.44% |
* Partial year: the record begins after the start of 1997; return measured from the first available close.
2026 return is year to date.
CERS daily prices (past year)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.28 | 2.30 | +0.88% | |
| 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.20 | 2.28 | -0.44% | |
| 2.31 | 2.32 | 2.28 | 2.29 | -2.14% | |
| 2.37 | 2.41 | 2.29 | 2.34 | 0.00% | |
| 2.28 | 2.37 | 2.25 | 2.34 | +2.63% | |
| 2.35 | 2.37 | 2.26 | 2.28 | -1.72% | |
| 2.35 | 2.38 | 2.29 | 2.32 | -2.52% | |
| 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.36 | 2.38 | -3.64% | |
| 2.46 | 2.49 | 2.42 | 2.47 | +0.82% | |
| 2.58 | 2.59 | 2.44 | 2.45 | -6.49% | |
| 2.61 | 2.63 | 2.57 | 2.62 | +0.38% | |
| 2.56 | 2.63 | 2.53 | 2.61 | +0.38% | |
| 2.65 | 2.68 | 2.58 | 2.60 | -2.62% | |
| 2.59 | 2.69 | 2.52 | 2.67 | +4.30% | |
| 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.53 | 2.56 | -3.40% | |
| 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.58 | 2.65 | -0.38% | |
| 2.56 | 2.66 | 2.53 | 2.66 | +5.14% | |
| 2.50 | 2.58 | 2.50 | 2.53 | +1.20% | |
| 2.55 | 2.55 | 2.49 | 2.50 | -1.96% | |
| 2.46 | 2.57 | 2.45 | 2.55 | +2.41% | |
| 2.50 | 2.51 | 2.45 | 2.49 | +1.22% | |
| 2.49 | 2.52 | 2.46 | 2.46 | -1.99% | |
| 2.53 | 2.54 | 2.50 | 2.51 | -1.18% | |
| 2.56 | 2.58 | 2.53 | 2.54 | -1.93% | |
| 2.56 | 2.60 | 2.54 | 2.59 | +0.78% | |
| 2.64 | 2.67 | 2.52 | 2.57 | -1.15% | |
| 2.63 | 2.69 | 2.56 | 2.60 | -0.38% | |
| 2.60 | 2.64 | 2.57 | 2.61 | -1.14% | |
| 2.63 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 2.64 | -0.38% | |
| 2.70 | 2.73 | 2.63 | 2.65 | -2.57% | |
| 2.71 | 2.79 | 2.71 | 2.72 | -0.73% | |
| 2.69 | 2.76 | 2.68 | 2.74 | +0.74% | |
| 2.69 | 2.78 | 2.69 | 2.72 | +1.12% | |
| 2.81 | 2.82 | 2.69 | 2.69 | -4.27% | |
| 2.81 | 2.87 | 2.78 | 2.81 | +0.72% | |
| 2.82 | 2.89 | 2.77 | 2.79 | -2.11% | |
| 2.85 | 2.91 | 2.80 | 2.85 | +3.26% | |
| 2.94 | 3.00 | 2.76 | 2.76 | -7.07% | |
| 2.96 | 3.08 | 2.91 | 2.97 | -0.34% | |
| 2.85 | 3.01 | 2.77 | 2.98 | +4.93% | |
| 2.73 | 2.90 | 2.71 | 2.84 | +4.80% | |
| 2.63 | 2.74 | 2.59 | 2.71 | +5.45% | |
| 2.53 | 2.65 | 2.51 | 2.57 | +1.98% | |
| 2.31 | 2.55 | 2.29 | 2.52 | +7.23% | |
| 2.30 | 2.43 | 2.30 | 2.35 | +1.29% | |
| 2.24 | 2.36 | 2.21 | 2.32 | +2.20% | |
| 2.16 | 2.30 | 2.13 | 2.27 | +3.65% | |
| 2.13 | 2.22 | 2.07 | 2.19 | +1.86% | |
| 2.23 | 2.29 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 0.00% | |
| 2.43 | 2.46 | 2.06 | 2.15 | -25.61% | |
| 2.89 | 2.96 | 2.84 | 2.89 | +0.70% | |
| 2.90 | 2.98 | 2.83 | 2.87 | -1.71% | |
| 3.07 | 3.11 | 2.88 | 2.92 | -4.89% | |
| 2.96 | 3.13 | 2.96 | 3.07 | +4.78% | |
| 2.87 | 2.94 | 2.81 | 2.93 | +2.09% | |
| 2.99 | 3.03 | 2.85 | 2.87 | -4.97% | |
| 3.10 | 3.16 | 3.01 | 3.02 | -3.21% | |
| 3.12 | 3.22 | 3.08 | 3.12 | -0.95% | |
| 3.13 | 3.23 | 3.11 | 3.15 | +0.64% | |
| 3.17 | 3.25 | 3.05 | 3.13 | -2.49% | |
| 3.16 | 3.29 | 3.15 | 3.21 | +0.94% | |
| 3.07 | 3.21 | 3.07 | 3.18 | +3.58% | |
| 3.09 | 3.19 | 2.92 | 3.07 | -0.65% | |
| 3.08 | 3.15 | 3.03 | 3.09 | -0.96% | |
| 3.15 | 3.17 | 3.02 | 3.12 | -0.95% | |
| 3.20 | 3.25 | 3.12 | 3.15 | +0.32% | |
| 3.15 | 3.16 | 3.07 | 3.14 | -2.48% | |
| 3.31 | 3.44 | 3.17 | 3.22 | -1.83% | |
| 3.18 | 3.47 | 3.14 | 3.28 | +3.80% | |
| 3.04 | 3.21 | 3.03 | 3.16 | +5.33% | |
| 2.88 | 3.03 | 2.84 | 3.00 | +2.74% | |
| 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.78 | 2.92 | -2.34% | |
| 2.95 | 3.04 | 2.91 | 2.99 | +2.40% | |
| 2.86 | 3.00 | 2.83 | 2.92 | +2.10% | |
| 2.66 | 2.90 | 2.65 | 2.86 | +8.33% | |
| 2.57 | 2.65 | 2.56 | 2.64 | +1.93% | |
| 2.59 | 2.67 | 2.52 | 2.59 | -0.38% | |
| 2.67 | 2.69 | 2.52 | 2.60 | -3.70% | |
| 2.65 | 2.71 | 2.59 | 2.70 | +5.06% | |
| 2.46 | 2.71 | 2.41 | 2.57 | +4.05% | |
| 2.55 | 2.58 | 2.44 | 2.47 | -1.98% | |
| 2.59 | 2.65 | 2.51 | 2.52 | -1.56% | |
| 2.61 | 2.73 | 2.54 | 2.56 | -1.16% | |
| 2.55 | 2.63 | 2.46 | 2.59 | +1.17% | |
| 2.58 | 2.64 | 2.55 | 2.56 | -0.78% | |
| 2.58 | 2.66 | 2.53 | 2.58 | -0.77% | |
| 2.75 | 2.81 | 2.59 | 2.60 | -4.06% | |
| 2.76 | 2.80 | 2.67 | 2.71 | -2.87% | |
| 2.70 | 2.84 | 2.67 | 2.79 | +4.89% | |
| 2.69 | 2.76 | 2.62 | 2.66 | -1.48% | |
| 2.81 | 2.84 | 2.62 | 2.70 | -4.93% | |
| 3.03 | 3.03 | 2.80 | 2.84 | -6.58% | |
| 2.90 | 3.13 | 2.88 | 3.04 | +4.11% | |
| 2.80 | 2.97 | 2.79 | 2.92 | +3.55% | |
| 2.73 | 2.83 | 2.72 | 2.82 | +3.30% | |
| 2.72 | 2.76 | 2.66 | 2.73 | +0.74% | |
| 2.74 | 2.81 | 2.69 | 2.71 | -1.09% | |
| 2.66 | 2.79 | 2.64 | 2.74 | +1.86% | |
| 2.70 | 2.72 | 2.62 | 2.69 | -0.37% | |
| 2.44 | 2.87 | 2.42 | 2.70 | +11.11% | |
| 2.34 | 2.46 | 2.34 | 2.43 | +3.85% | |
| 2.49 | 2.51 | 2.33 | 2.34 | -6.77% | |
| 2.64 | 2.72 | 2.50 | 2.51 | -3.46% | |
| 2.51 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 2.60 | +1.96% | |
| 2.48 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.55 | +1.19% | |
| 2.59 | 2.62 | 2.46 | 2.52 | -3.45% | |
| 2.61 | 2.66 | 2.48 | 2.61 | 0.00% | |
| 2.59 | 2.72 | 2.54 | 2.61 | +0.77% | |
| 2.58 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 2.59 | 0.00% | |
| 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.55 | 2.59 | -4.78% | |
| 2.75 | 3.02 | 2.67 | 2.72 | 0.00% | |
| 2.69 | 3.15 | 2.47 | 2.72 | +33.99% | |
| 1.92 | 2.03 | 1.90 | 2.03 | +5.73% | |
| 1.97 | 1.97 | 1.88 | 1.92 | -2.54% | |
| 1.97 | 1.99 | 1.93 | 1.97 | -0.51% | |
| 1.99 | 2.06 | 1.97 | 1.98 | 0.00% | |
| 1.88 | 1.98 | 1.88 | 1.98 | +4.21% | |
| 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.85 | 1.90 | -2.06% | |
| 1.93 | 1.98 | 1.91 | 1.94 | +0.52% | |
| 2.02 | 2.06 | 1.91 | 1.93 | -5.85% | |
| 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.02 | 2.05 | -1.44% | |
| 2.07 | 2.15 | 2.05 | 2.08 | +4.00% | |
| 2.03 | 2.14 | 1.98 | 2.00 | -0.99% | |
| 2.02 | 2.04 | 2.00 | 2.02 | +0.50% | |
| 1.95 | 2.05 | 1.95 | 2.01 | +4.69% | |
| 1.91 | 1.97 | 1.87 | 1.92 | +1.59% | |
| 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.86 | 1.89 | -1.05% | |
| 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.84 | 1.91 | -0.52% | |
| 1.98 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 1.92 | +4.35% | |
| 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 1.84 | -0.54% | |
| 1.86 | 1.93 | 1.85 | 1.85 | -0.54% | |
| 1.81 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 1.86 | -0.53% | |
| 1.86 | 1.92 | 1.83 | 1.87 | +2.75% | |
| 1.75 | 1.85 | 1.75 | 1.82 | +5.20% | |
| 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.73 | 1.73 | -2.81% | |
| 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.76 | 1.78 | -2.73% | |
| 1.81 | 1.91 | 1.80 | 1.83 | -0.54% | |
| 1.78 | 1.90 | 1.78 | 1.84 | +3.95% | |
| 1.79 | 1.80 | 1.73 | 1.77 | -2.75% | |
| 1.79 | 1.89 | 1.76 | 1.82 | +5.81% | |
| 1.78 | 1.78 | 1.68 | 1.72 | -2.27% | |
| 1.77 | 1.83 | 1.73 | 1.76 | -2.22% | |
| 1.81 | 1.94 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 0.00% | |
| 1.77 | 1.82 | 1.76 | 1.80 | 0.00% | |
| 1.69 | 1.82 | 1.69 | 1.80 | +6.51% | |
| 1.67 | 1.74 | 1.63 | 1.69 | -0.59% | |
| 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.62 | 1.70 | -5.03% | |
| 1.76 | 1.83 | 1.73 | 1.79 | +1.13% | |
| 1.90 | 1.91 | 1.77 | 1.77 | -8.29% | |
| 1.88 | 1.96 | 1.85 | 1.93 | 0.00% | |
| 2.15 | 2.15 | 1.93 | 1.93 | -5.39% | |
| 2.17 | 2.19 | 2.01 | 2.04 | -8.93% | |
| 2.18 | 2.30 | 2.06 | 2.24 | +5.16% | |
| 2.14 | 2.24 | 1.88 | 2.13 | -15.81% | |
| 2.57 | 2.68 | 2.53 | 2.53 | -1.17% | |
| 2.60 | 2.61 | 2.52 | 2.56 | -1.54% | |
| 2.42 | 2.62 | 2.37 | 2.60 | +7.44% | |
| 2.40 | 2.47 | 2.36 | 2.42 | +1.68% | |
| 2.38 | 2.48 | 2.37 | 2.38 | 0.00% | |
| 2.36 | 2.45 | 2.31 | 2.38 | -1.24% | |
| 2.54 | 2.56 | 2.35 | 2.41 | -5.86% | |
| 2.51 | 2.58 | 2.37 | 2.56 | +3.64% | |
| 2.37 | 2.50 | 2.34 | 2.47 | +4.22% | |
| 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.22 | 2.37 | +5.80% | |
| 2.20 | 2.33 | 2.17 | 2.24 | +3.23% | |
| 2.17 | 2.21 | 2.05 | 2.17 | +0.93% | |
| 2.24 | 2.25 | 2.11 | 2.15 | -3.59% | |
| 2.16 | 2.26 | 2.16 | 2.23 | +2.29% | |
| 2.17 | 2.22 | 2.12 | 2.18 | -0.91% | |
| 2.20 | 2.26 | 2.11 | 2.20 | +2.80% | |
| 2.26 | 2.36 | 2.12 | 2.14 | -6.55% | |
| 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.24 | 2.29 | -2.14% | |
| 2.35 | 2.43 | 2.27 | 2.34 | +0.86% | |
| 2.32 | 2.42 | 2.32 | 2.32 | -0.43% | |
| 2.28 | 2.36 | 2.25 | 2.33 | +0.43% | |
| 2.34 | 2.38 | 2.29 | 2.32 | -1.69% | |
| 2.51 | 2.54 | 2.35 | 2.36 | -5.22% | |
| 2.45 | 2.49 | 2.41 | 2.49 | +1.22% | |
| 2.46 | 2.47 | 2.41 | 2.46 | -1.20% | |
| 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.48 | 2.49 | -4.96% | |
| 2.60 | 2.74 | 2.55 | 2.62 | +3.56% | |
| 2.48 | 2.55 | 2.44 | 2.53 | +2.02% | |
| 2.53 | 2.57 | 2.45 | 2.48 | -4.62% | |
| 2.74 | 2.76 | 2.57 | 2.60 | -5.11% | |
| 2.74 | 2.76 | 2.65 | 2.74 | 0.00% | |
| 2.54 | 2.96 | 2.52 | 2.74 | +8.73% | |
| 2.30 | 2.54 | 2.30 | 2.52 | +11.01% | |
| 1.98 | 2.30 | 1.96 | 2.27 | +10.19% | |
| 2.10 | 2.13 | 2.03 | 2.06 | -1.44% | |
| 2.07 | 2.14 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 0.00% | |
| 2.07 | 2.15 | 2.06 | 2.09 | +0.97% | |
| 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.01 | 2.07 | +0.98% | |
| 1.97 | 2.05 | 1.93 | 2.05 | +4.06% | |
| 2.06 | 2.08 | 1.96 | 1.97 | -4.37% | |
| 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.05 | 2.06 | -1.44% | |
| 2.07 | 2.12 | 2.07 | 2.09 | +1.46% | |
| 2.00 | 2.07 | 1.99 | 2.06 | +1.48% | |
| 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.00 | 2.03 | -1.46% | |
| 2.05 | 2.07 | 2.02 | 2.06 | 0.00% | |
| 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.00 | 2.06 | -2.83% | |
| 2.09 | 2.21 | 2.05 | 2.12 | +1.44% | |
| 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.08 | 2.09 | -2.79% | |
| 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.15 | 2.15 | -1.83% | |
| 2.19 | 2.26 | 2.12 | 2.19 | +1.39% | |
| 2.04 | 2.21 | 2.04 | 2.16 | +7.46% | |
| 2.20 | 2.21 | 2.01 | 2.01 | -7.80% | |
| 2.16 | 2.25 | 2.11 | 2.18 | +1.40% | |
| 1.93 | 2.18 | 1.90 | 2.15 | +13.76% | |
| 1.85 | 1.93 | 1.83 | 1.89 | +1.61% | |
| 1.87 | 1.93 | 1.85 | 1.86 | -0.53% | |
| 2.09 | 2.09 | 1.81 | 1.87 | -9.66% | |
| 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.02 | 2.07 | -1.43% | |
| 1.97 | 2.11 | 1.96 | 2.10 | +5.53% | |
| 1.85 | 2.02 | 1.85 | 1.99 | +6.42% | |
| 1.80 | 1.90 | 1.79 | 1.87 | +3.89% | |
| 1.73 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 1.80 | +2.27% | |
| 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 0.00% | |
| 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.69 | 1.76 | -0.56% | |
| 1.70 | 1.78 | 1.67 | 1.77 | +4.73% | |
| 1.62 | 1.74 | 1.59 | 1.69 | +4.32% | |
| 1.48 | 1.67 | 1.47 | 1.62 | +8.72% | |
| 1.54 | 1.59 | 1.48 | 1.49 | -1.32% | |
| 1.50 | 1.58 | 1.48 | 1.51 | +1.34% | |
| 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.48 | 1.49 | -2.61% | |
| 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.51 | 1.53 | -5.56% | |
| 1.54 | 1.65 | 1.54 | 1.62 | +1.25% | |
| 1.63 | 1.67 | 1.59 | 1.60 | -3.03% | |
| 1.65 | 1.71 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 0.00% | |
| 1.61 | 1.76 | 1.59 | 1.65 | +3.12% | |
| 1.71 | 1.78 | 1.59 | 1.60 | -6.43% | |
| 1.43 | 1.73 | 1.42 | 1.71 | +21.28% | |
| 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.38 | 1.41 | -2.76% | |
| 1.46 | 1.49 | 1.40 | 1.45 | 0.00% | |
| 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.45 | -4.61% | |
| 1.50 | 1.54 | 1.43 | 1.52 | +3.40% | |
| 1.40 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.47 | +5.00% | |
| 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.40 | -3.45% | |
| 1.49 | 1.52 | 1.42 | 1.45 | -3.33% | |
| 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 1.50 | -2.60% | |
| 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.49 | 1.54 | +0.65% | |
| 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 1.53 | +1.32% | |
| 1.50 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 1.51 | +0.67% | |
| 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.48 | 1.50 | -8.54% | |
| 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.64 | +0.61% | |
| 1.55 | 1.64 | 1.55 | 1.63 | +6.54% | |
| 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 1.53 | -3.16% | |
| 1.61 | 1.68 | 1.57 | 1.58 | -0.63% | |
| 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.54 | 1.59 | +0.63% | |
| 1.54 | 1.58 | 1.50 | 1.58 | +1.28% | |
| 1.63 | 1.67 | 1.54 | 1.56 | -2.50% | |
| 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.52 | 1.60 | -4.19% | |
| 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.62 | 1.67 | — |
Prices are adjusted for stock splits. See adjusted closing price for how dividends and splits affect history, and the CERS chart for longer ranges.