Two Top Stories of Wall Street: Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS), British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI)

Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS)

The shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) started off the last trading session with the price of $5.73 while closing the day with the price of $5.47. The shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) Fell -4.7% with the Loss of -0.26 points.

The shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) traded with the day volume of 2.01 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 1.48 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) Gain 8.32% in the last week while rising 32.77% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the green light with 47.44%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 107.98% and 29.93% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 2.03 while Average True Range of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) demonstrate the value at 0.26. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) are indicated at 5.89% and 5.23%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 68.8.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 621.23 Million. The shares outstanding for the company is 113.57 Million and the shares float stands at 113.57 Million. The income of the company stand at -60600000 while the sales stand at 51.3 Million.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at -0.57, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 0, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 12.11, the Return on Asset ROA stood at -0.666 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at -1.545 while Return on Investment ROI is at -0.894.


British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI)

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) started its previous trading session at $57.25 and closed at $56.49 showing a Fell of -2.49 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 1.8 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 2.01 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) Loss -4.29% in the last week in its shares price and -10.12% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -14.12 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a -11.72 and -12.01 percent respectively.

Beta for British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) stands at 1.1 while the ATR (average true range) is at 1.1. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 1.50% and 1.42% respectively showing a RSI value of 28.64.

While studying the financial position of the shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 131.54 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 2.33 Billion and the shares float stands at 2.21 Billion.

The Company generated an income of 38.95 Billion and the sales of 28.28 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $17.68 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 3.2 and 4.65 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.586, ROE shows a value of 1.813 and ROI for British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) is 0.257 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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