The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

VCEL

Concerning the House

Vericel Corporation, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of cellular therapies and specialty biologic products for sports medicine and severe burn care markets in North America. The company markets autologous cell therapy products comprising MACI, an autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane for the repair of symptomatic, and single or multiple full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee; Epicel, a permanent skin replacement humanitarian use device for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with deep-dermal or full-thickness burns; and NexoBrid, a biological orphan product for eschar removal in adults and pediatric patients with deep partial-thickness and/or full-thickness thermal burns. Vericel Corporation was formerly known as Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to Vericel Corporation in November 2014. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

United States · www.vcel.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$197.52M+60.9%
Gross profit$172.11M+133.9%
Operating income$11.04M+365.6%
Net income-$3.18M
Cash from ops$58.16M+34.9%
Quotation

$44.54

-0.19 (-0.4%)

52w hi$48.31
52w lo$29.34
Vol527.89K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.63

Short+0.56
Medium+0.81
Long+0.42

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Vericel Corporation

Healthcare · Biotechnology

Market cap$2.28B
Enterprise value$2.22B
Trailing P/E92.79x
Forward P/E52.65x
EV / EBITDA71.30x
P / S (ttm)7.45x
Profit margin7.9%
Return on equity7.2%
Revenue growth+22.5%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity25.17
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.15
Corr SPX0.40
Annual vol46.3%
Annual ret+8.8%
Sharpe0.19
Max DD-52.5%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.17
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.48
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.13

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$45.34$46.13$43.74$44.54527.89K
Aug 12$44.11$44.90$43.66$44.73290.80K
Aug 11$44.30$45.27$44.01$44.35416.90K
Aug 10$44.48$44.82$43.15$43.95415.80K
Aug 7$44.83$45.57$44.35$45.09472.90K