Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Research Solutions, Inc. RSSS
$2.15 +0.94% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $71.9M
High qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.09, up 154.2% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -40.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 55.7 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 13%
- Gross marginTop 50%
- Operating marginTop 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
- Interest coverTop 34%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.2% | -1.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 48.7% | 51.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 7.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.3% | 10.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.5% | -0.2% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 154.2% | — | Top 12% | |
| Gross margin | 51.3% | 48.7% | ↑ | Top 50% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 4.9% | ↑ | Top 43% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.8% | 14.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.8% | — | Top 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.6% | — | Top 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.87×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.15%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -4.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.83
- Target vs current price
- +78.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | -18.2% | -1.8% | -9.6% | — | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +0.0% | +8.0% | -12.7% | -10.4% | -13.9% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.0% | -3.2% | -9.2% | +3.6% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.3% | -15.0% | -4.9% | -17.6% |
| Sep 18, 2025 | +75.0% | +6.2% | +7.0% | -9.5% | -21.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.7% | +0.7% | +3.6% | -5.7% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -450.0% | +2.1% | -15.1% | -23.5% | -19.6% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +20.0% | +0.4% | +5.4% | +38.4% | +37.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.04 | -18.2% | $12.1M |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.04 | +0.0% | $12.1M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.03 | +0.0% | $11.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.03 | +0.0% | $12.3M |
| Sep 18, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.04 | +75.0% | $12.4M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.03 | +0.0% | $12.7M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -$0.07 | $0.02 | -450.0% | $11.9M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.02 | $0.02 | +20.0% | $12.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.4× | — | — | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | — | — | Top 18% |
| EV / Sales | 1.23× | — | — | Top 18% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.28% | — | — | Top 21% |
| Earnings yield | 4.10% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.1× – 136.9× since Jun 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -40.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +154.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -77.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.4%
- RSI (14)
- 51.0
- Relative volume
- 0.41×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.28
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.11
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 15, 2026 | -52.5% | 426 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -44.4% | 241 days | 424 days (Feb 27, 2024) |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | -29.7% | 88 days | 98 days (Nov 26, 2024) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -27.7% | 33 days | 76 days (Jun 22, 2021) |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Nov 17, 2020 | -11.3% | 16 days | 6 days (Nov 25, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $71.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $48.3M
- 52-week range
- $1.92 – $3.79
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.9M | $37.7M | $44.6M | $49.1M | $48.3M |
| Gross profit | $12.0M | $14.7M | $19.6M | $24.2M | $25.1M |
| Operating income | -$1.6M | $238,608 | -$769,543 | $2.5M | $3.6M |
| Net income | -$1.6M | $571,623 | -$3.8M | $1.3M | $2.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.06 | $0.02 | -$0.13 | $0.04 | $0.09 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.0M | $11.9M | $12.7M | $12.4M | $12.3M | $11.8M | $12.1M | $12.1M |
| Net income | $669,004 | -$2.0M | $216,470 | $2.4M | $749,387 | $546,919 | $860,206 | $665,556 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | -$0.07 | $0.01 | $0.07 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.02 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$417,200 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $7.0M | $5.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$44,288 | -$47,207 | -$71,510 | -$19,266 | -$39,771 |
| Free cash flow | -$461,488 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $7.0M | $5.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $63,270 | -$46,750 | -$554,202 | -$753,777 | $104,461 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $12.6M
- Total assets
- $45.7M
- Total liabilities
- $25.0M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$12.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $20.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 73,051
- Days to cover
- 1.23
- Change vs previous report
- +25.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.