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U.S. Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge
Research Recap submits: From boom to bust, it’s been a quick round-trip for ethanol producers and the credit crisis is only the latest in a series of issues that have raised liquidity concerns, according to Moody’s Investors Service in a special report. click to enlarge by Research Recap
Is Ethanol Dead? Not So Fast
Max Blankfeld submits: A few months I wrote about how the number of flex-fuel cars was increasing in Brazil and sugar-cane ethanol has been a thriving industry for years, without causing damage to food production. Fresh news related to the ethanol industry, both in the US and in Brazil, should...
VeraSun Files for Bankruptcy
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE: VSE), a cash-strapped ethanol company that lost big in hedging corn prices, said late Friday it had filed for bankruptcy. by Greentech Media
Verasun Energy: Thin Margin Co's Are One Bad Economic Turn Away from Disaster
Tim Plaehn submits: As I hypothesized on Thursday, VeraSun Energy VSE has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The cause can be condensed to two sentences from the press release: The Company suffered significant losses in the third quarter of 2008 from a dramatic spike in its corn costs, reflecting...
VeraSun Plant Closing Results in Slashed Analyst Estimates
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang VeraSun Energy Corp. VSE has shut down one of its ethanol plants in Indiana, prompting an equity analyst to reduce the company's share price target by nearly 56 percent. by Greentech Media
VeraSun Energy Could Be Attractive to the Right Buyer
Tim Plaehn submits: When VeraSun Energy VSE revealed last week it had somehow managed to lock in corn supply prices for the 3rd quarter at near record prices and would incur a $100 million loss for the quarter, the stock dropped over 70% in a single day. Until that...
LEDs Rise as Biofuels Sink (Week Ending 9/19)
Capping a crazy week, broad markets end up, while commodities retreated slightly. Camino's indices ended the week mixed amid highly volitile trading. by Cleantechblog
VeraSun Energy Retains Morgan Stanley to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In light of strategic interest expressed by multiple parties during its current equity offering, VeraSun Energy Corporation ("VeraSun") has retained Morgan Stanley to act in an advisory capacity to evaluate strategic alternatives. In addition, VeraSun suspended its previously announced equity offering....
VeraSun: Next To Fold?
Greentech Media submits: By Daniel Englander And the hits just keep on coming. Pure-play ethanol company VeraSun sent out a press release late Thursday night announcing they retained Morgan Stanley MS to help “evaluate strategic alternatives”. That’s pennies-on-the-dollar talk if I’ve ever heard it. VeraSun’s VSE stock price dropped...
Verasun Gets Killed
Dan Pritch submits: Verasun tanked over 70% Wednesday after predicting an enormous loss on record corn prices. I predicted its demise here and actually purchased out of the money puts in anticipation of such a precipitous decline. Unfortunately for me, I only purchased out to the August expiry...
Verasun's Screw Up
Tim Plaehn submits: According to this report from Forbes it appears that VeraSun Energy VSE managed to lock in a significant amount of corn contracts at near the peak of the recent corn run up. In the mean time, ethanol prices have fallen in lock step with falling corn...
Six Ways to Invest in South Dakota
Stockerblog submits: What is today the state of South Dakota was actually acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for $15 million. Jefferson’s investment has definitely paid huge dividends. Some interesting facts about South Dakota follow: There...
Ethanol: Our Answer to Reducing U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil
Tim Plaehn submits: I have come across a couple of interesting news items recently that point towards continued viability and growth for the U.S. ethanol industry. As I have written in the past, I believe the U.S. corn based ethanol industry will grow as a viable part of the...
Two Ethanol Plays: Pros and Cons
Zacks.com submits: Zacks senior alt-energy industry analyst Jon Kolb has following this particular group of stocks for years, back when alternative fuels were considered more of a pipe-dream and gasoline was relatively inexpensive. He recently gave us an updated outlook on a couple major players in the ethanol...
VeraSun Energy Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Sean Hazlett with Morgan Stanley. Sean Hazlett – Morgan Stanley Congratulations on your quarter. Over the past several months, many ethanol producers have deferred their corn purchasing decisions. However, over the past month or so,...
Growth in Corn Harvest Means Good News for Ethanol Producers
Todd Sullivan submits: Good news for ethanol producers like ADM ADM, Verasun VSE and Pacifc Ethanol PEIX. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast that farmers will harvest 12.3 billion bushels of corn, up more than 570 million bushels from last month's estimate of 11.7 billion. That's down 6% from...
VeraSun Energy: A Growth Stock Reborn
Tim Plaehn submits: VeraSun Energy VSE, the country’s largest ethanol producer managed to handily beat the analysts' estimates for the 2nd quarter of 2008. Estimates for the quarter’s per share earnings ranged from a -7¢ to a positive 12¢, with the average of 18 analysts at 2¢ earnings. Actual...
EPA Rejects Congress's Ethanol Waiver
Money Morning submits: By Jason Simpkins The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request from several U.S. policymakers to temporarily waive ethanol requirements for gasoline in hopes of bringing down corn prices. by Money Morning
VeraSun Energy Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Please stand by for your first question. And your first question comes from the line of Mansi Sengal sp of Lehman Brothers. You may proceed. Mansi Sengal – Lehman Brothers Hi. Good morning, guys. This is Mansi Sengal from Lehman. I wanted to ask a...
VeraSun Energy Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first call is from the line of Patrick Forkin of Tejas Securities Group please proceed. Patrick Forkin – Tejas Securities Group Danny, on your guidance for ethanol prices and corn...
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- Incorporated: 2005
- CEO: Mr. Donald L. Endres
VeraSun Energy is an ethanol producer in the U.S. Co. is also a pure-play ethanol producer, focusing primarily on the production and sale of ethanol and its co-products. This focus has enabled Co. to significantly grow its ethanol production capacity and to work with automakers, fuel distributors, trade associations and consumers to increase the demand for ethanol. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated two ethanol production facilities in the U.S., with a combined ethanol production capacity of 230.0 million gallons per year. In addition to producing ethanol, Co. produces and sells wet and dry distillers grains as ethanol co-products, which serve to partially offset its corn costs.
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VeraSun Energy Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Donald L. Endres
Mr. Paul A. Schock
Mr. James E. Dauwalter
Mr. T. Jack Huggins III
Mr. Steven T. Kirby
Mr. Jay D. Debertin
Mr. D. Duane Gilliam
Mr. Mark L. First
Contact Information
100 22nd Avenue
Brookings, SD
605 696-7200
NAICS Code
Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing: 325193
