CERS vs HWBK Comparison

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.

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc is a financial holding company that, along with its subsidiary bank, provides commercial banking for small and mid sized businesses, including equipment, operating, commercial real estate and SBA loans, and personal banking services such as real estate mortgage lending, installment and consumer loans, certificates of deposit, and checking, savings and money market accounts. It has two segments, banking and wealth management, with the banking segment earning the majority of its revenue and conducting general banking business, offering checking and savings accounts, internet banking, debit cards, certificates of deposit, brokerage services and others. Its primary source of revenue is net interest income derived from lending and deposit taking activities.