Research Solutions (RSSS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Research Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides research cloud-based software-as-a-service software platform and related services to corporate, academic, government and individual researchers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It provides Discover platform that facilitates search discovery across virtually all scientific, technical, and medical (STM) articles available, including free basic search solutions and advanced search tools, which include the Resolute.ai and scite.ai products, a tools that allows for searching and identifying relevant research and find insights in other datasets adjacent to STM content, such as clinical trial, patent, life science and medtech regulatory information, competitor and technology landscape insights in addition to searching the customer's internal datasets. The company also offers Article Galaxy, a solution that allows research organizations to load their entitlements, consisting of subscriptions, discount or token packages, and their existing library of articles. In addition, it provides Manage platform, a references solution that allows users to access the article inside the platform including setting up personal folders or team folders and allows researchers to markup and take notes on the articles in a supported browser on a desktop or tablet. Further, the company's platform facilitates the sale of published STM content sold as individual articles. The company was formerly known as Derycz Scientific, Inc. and changed its name to Research Solutions, Inc. in March 2013. Research Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Henderson, Nevada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.65 to $2.72
• 50-Day Range: $2.66 to $4.06
• 52-Week Range: $2.38 to $4.24
• Volume: 19,853 shs
• Average Volume: 87,190 shs
• Market Capitalization: $88.15 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $5.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Research Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Research Solutions scored higher than 59% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 118th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Research Solutions has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Research Solutions has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Research Solutions are expected to grow by 20.00% in the coming year, from $0.05 to $0.06 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Research Solutions is -18.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Research Solutions is -18.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Research Solutions has a PEG Ratio of 4.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Research Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 7.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.26% of the float of Research Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Research Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Research Solutions has recently increased by 75.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Research Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Research Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.26% of the float of Research Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Research Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Research Solutions has recently increased by 75.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

Research Solutions has a news sentiment score of 0.69. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Research Solutions this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Research Solutions insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.90% of the stock of Research Solutions is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 33.60% of the stock of Research Solutions is held by institutions.

RSSS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have RSSS shares performed this year?

Research Solutions' stock was trading at $4.15 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, RSSS stock has decreased by 34.9% and is now trading at $2.70.
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How were Research Solutions' earnings last quarter?

Research Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSSS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $11.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.86 million. Research Solutions had a negative net margin of 8.41% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.59%.

Who are Research Solutions' major shareholders?

Research Solutions' top institutional shareholders include Needham Investment Management LLC (8.78%), Cove Street Capital LLC (5.38%), Bard Associates Inc. (1.98%) and Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (1.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Peter Derycz, Bristol Investment Fund Ltd and Roy W Olivier.
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How do I buy shares of Research Solutions?

Shares of RSSS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Research Solutions own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Research Solutions investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Jabil (JBL), Arista Networks (ANET), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Disc Medicine (IRON) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/13/2025
• Today: 3/27/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/08/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Business services, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:RSSS
• CIK: 1386301
• Web: www.researchsolutions.investorroom.com
• Phone: (310) 477-0354
• Fax: 818-646-2199
• Employees: 130
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $5.50
• High Stock Price Target: $6.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +103.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.15)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 54.00
• P/E Growth: 4.33
• Net Income: $-3,790,000.00
• Net Margins: -8.41%
• Pretax Margin: -8.13%
• Return on Equity: -6.59%
• Return on Assets: -1.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.77
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $48.21 million
• Price / Sales: 1.83
• Cash Flow: $0.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 366.84
• Book Value: $0.34 per share
• Price / Book: 7.94

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,647,000
• Free Float: 28,436,000
• Market Cap: $88.15 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.55