DSS, Inc. (DSS)

NYSE: DSS · Paperboard Containers & Boxes · West Henrietta, NY · filing with the SEC since 1997

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Grade2.7

◀ Past 1.3● Present 1.6▶ Future 5.4

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The grade of DSS, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.7/10

◀ Past1.330% of the headline

● Present1.640% of the headline

▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

15 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-07-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 15 warning events of 5 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2018-06-28); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2023-10-26); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2024-10-22); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-07-01); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2022-08-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

2.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.6% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 2 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $19 million in fiscal 2018 to $21 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.6% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 2 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span1.6%bottom 34% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak32.7%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 13% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 19 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: DSS, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 13% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

1.6/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

0.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 101%: owes 101¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, DSS, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 101 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 16.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 3% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

1.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 10% of 19 in its family; net margin -115.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 8% by size; a net margin of -115.3% ranks in the bottom 8%; revenue growth of -9.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$20.8Mbottom 8% of its family
net margin-115.3%bottom 8% of its family
three-year revenue growth-9.9%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 15 members with one.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned: family median, 15 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: DSS, Inc.'s leadership is put at 4.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 15 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $6 million against debt of $6 million leaves 0.7% of its assets as net cash, top 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -44% of revenue (bottom 8%); research spending of 1.6% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets0.7%top 13% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-44.0%bottom 8% of its family
research spending against revenue1.6%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

2.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 27% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 27th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -9.9% a year over the last three filed years against 1.6% over all 8, slowing (bottom 24% of its family); the newest year grew 8.7% (top 29%); research spending grew -35.3% a year (bottom 4%); capital spending grew -79% a year (bottom 8%) (its annual reports). DSS, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Printed Products at $18 million (87%), Commission at $1 million (7%), Rental Income at $1 million (6%), and 2 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-11.5 points a yearbottom 24% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth8.7%top 29% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-35.3%bottom 4% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-79.0%bottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

8.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 12% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DSS, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 came in 32.5% above the $16 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 14% of its family); net income of $24 million against a prior three-year average of $56 million (top 14%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace32.5%top 14% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+57%top 14% of its family
net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DSS · research, not advice