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GERON CORP GERN

Nasdaq · stock · Pharmaceutical Preparations · website · IPO 1996-07-31 · LEI

GERON CORP statistics & valuation

Market cap$846.8M
P / B3.7×
Return on equity-37.0%
Net debt$42.0M
Enterprise value USD$888.8M
Earnings yield EBIT/EV-7.7%
Return on capital-14.9%

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
-497.30% -2746.90% -2914.90% -15762.00% -30400.40% -8183.70% -23246.60% -81832.90% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
-24.10% -26.90% -15.20% -50.70% -35.80% -91.80% -177.40% -74.30% -62.30% -37.00% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
159.2M 159.9M 186.4M 199.8M 310.6M 327.6M 390.3M 570.6M 646.0M 666.7M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
$14.1M $15.0M -$26.6M -$35.0M $39.5M $42.0M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
-22.70% -25.30% -14.60% -41.40% -27.90% -51.40% -74.50% -46.70% -29.40% -14.60% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
-299.00% -1972.30% -9617.80% -26503.20% -6874.60% -21444.60% -71127.80% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
0.11× 0.39× 0.38× 0.14× 0.42× 0.53× 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
-$0.19 -$0.18 -$0.28 -$0.35 -$0.37 -$0.32 -$0.27 -$0.13 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating margin——-81832.9%-23246.6%-8183.7%-30400.4%-15762.0%-2914.9%-2746.9%-497.3%
Net margin——-77690.7%-23808.9%-8335.4%-29888.1%-14901.7%-2534.4%-2621.2%-479.3%
FCF margin——-71127.8%-21444.6%-6874.6%-26503.2%-9617.8%-1972.3%—-299.0%
Return on assets-14.6%-29.4%-46.7%-74.5%-51.4%-27.9%-41.4%-14.6%-25.3%-22.7%
Return on equity-37.0%-62.3%-74.3%-177.4%-91.8%-35.8%-50.7%-15.2%-26.9%-24.1%
Debt / equity0.53×0.42×0.14×0.38×0.39×0.11×————
Current ratio4.665.563.162.354.116.465.0321.9914.7314.76

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.