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VRS
Verso Corporation
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WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Verso Corporation. What it actually does.

Produces coated and uncoated freesheet papers. Manufactures coated groundwood papers. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2016
1,600 employees
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
87%Paper
PaperPulp 10%Packaging 2%
87% of all revenue comes from a single line: Paper.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$1.3B
The loss that same year:
$3M
Sales don’t cover the costs; the gap drains from the cash pile every year.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales have been shrinking.

An average decline of 15% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$2.5B
2017
2018
2019
2020
$1.3B
2021
In the vault right now:
$172M
DEBT: $13M
At this pace, that money lasts about 57.3 years.

At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
4 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
4
May 2020
Feb 2022
4 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
A mixed scorecard.
THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 4 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

STRENGTHS
A strong cash pile8/10
WEAK SPOTS
The stock has lost its spark0/10
Sales are shrinking2/10
Thin profit on each sale3/10
WORTH WATCHING

Revenue Growth: Sales are going backwards, not just slowing.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Bumpy, but the direction is up.

The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/2
Strong cash, light debt

There is $172M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $159M would remain.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/2
Pays a steady dividend

It pays out $0.40 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
The losses continue

A loss of $3M against $1.3B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
A wildly swinging price

This stock swings about 2 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film