Veru Inc. (VERU)

Nasdaq: VERU · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Miami, FL · filing with the SEC since 1996

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Grade4.6

◀ Past 3.8● Present 5.4▶ Future 4.5

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The grade of Veru Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.6/10

◀ Past3.825% of the headline

● Present5.435% of the headline

▶ Future4.540% 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?

3.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-28.

weight 22% of this tense · 0th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Veru Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 10 warning events of 5 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2025-01-03); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2025-02-28); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2024-02-15); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-05-22); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2024-02-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Veru Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $16 million in fiscal 2018 to $17 million in fiscal 2024, up 1% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 73% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 1 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span1.0%bottom 30% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 41% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 33% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak73.4%bottom 42% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

4.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 464 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 47% of 464 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 464 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: Veru Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.7 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 47% of 464 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?

5.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -124%: lost 124¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 39%: owes 39¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Veru Inc. lost about 124 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 39 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 8.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
return on equitybottom 27% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 36% of 315 in its family; net margin -223.9%.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Veru Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $17 million in fiscal 2024 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of -223.9% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of -34.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$16.9Mbottom 46% of its family
net margin-223.9%bottom 45% of its family
three-year revenue growth-34.9%bottom 15% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

7.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 22% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Veru Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Steiner, Mitchell Shuster (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-11-07, 10 years (top 17% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.3 years (top 11%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (top 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 8 peopletop 39% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed9.3 yearstop 11% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record10.0 yearstop 17% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate

6.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 6.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 479 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 31% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read: The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned: one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 479 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: Veru Inc.'s room to expand is put at 6.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 31% of 479 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed

1.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 17% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 17th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Veru Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew -34.9% a year over the last three filed years against 1% over all 7, slowing (bottom 16% of its family); the newest year grew 3.6% (bottom 43%); research spending grew -39.6% a year (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -88.6% a year (bottom 1%) (its annual reports). Veru Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-36.0 points a yearbottom 16% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth3.6%bottom 43% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-39.6%bottom 7% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-88.6%bottom 1% 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

6.8/10

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

top 32% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Veru Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $17 million in fiscal 2024 came in 101% above the $8 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $38 million against a prior three-year average of $57 million (top 41%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace101.0%top 15% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+33%top 41% of its family
net margin against its prior average+33.8 pointstop 40% 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

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