Company Analysis

Research Solutions, Inc (RSSS)

Nasdaq: RSSS · Services-Business Services, NEC · Henderson, NV · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade4.9
◀ Past 4.0● Present 5.0▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Research Solutions, Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past4.025% of the headline
● Present5.035% of the headline
▶ Future5.440% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-11.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-02-11) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 3 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $29 million in fiscal 2019 to $48 million in fiscal 2026, up 7.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 3 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.7%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.5%top 42% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.5% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, Research Solutions, Inc's diluted share count grew about 3.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 29% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 55%: owes 55¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Research Solutions, Inc earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 55 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 55 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 39% of its family
  • return on equitytop 34% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 10% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 34% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 41% of 101 in its family; net margin 5.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 15% by size; a net margin of 5.8% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of 8.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$48.3Mbottom 15% of its family
  • net margin5.8%top 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.6%top 50% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 50% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Olivier, Roy W (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-03-30, 5.6 years (top 42% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 40%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (top 46%; 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 charge4 in three years among 9 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 40% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 42% 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?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $13 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 27.7% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.8% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of 51.9% (top 42%); research spending of 6.5% of revenue (bottom 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets27.7%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.8%top 50% of its family
  • gross margin51.9%top 42% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.5%bottom 32% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8.6% a year over the last three filed years against 7.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew -1.5% (bottom 23%); research spending grew 13.5% a year (top 28%); capital spending grew -5.6% a year (bottom 30%) (its annual reports). Research Solutions, Inc reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Transactions at $27 million (57%), Platforms at $21 million (43%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.9 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.5%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending13.5%top 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.6%bottom 30% 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
5.7/10

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

top 43% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Research Solutions, Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2026 came in 13.7% below the $56 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 16% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $650 thousand (top 3%); a net margin of 5.8% against -1.5% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.7%bottom 16% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+7.3 pointstop 42% 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 RSSS · research, not advice