Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS) Stock

Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS) is a Technology stock trading at $2.23 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $74.59M and a trailing P/E of 16.5. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Research Solutions, Inc. provides cloud-based software-as-a-service tools for research and also operates a Transactions platform for the transactional sale and delivery of published scientific, technical, and medical content. Its offerings support research-intensive organizations that use STM articles for managing and accessing content across research and intellectual property workflows.

Understand Research Solutions, Inc.: how it makes money

Research Solutions, Inc. provides a cloud-based SaaS research platform for life science and other research-intensive organizations, and it also monetizes published scientific, technical, and medical content through a transactions and document delivery model.

The business monetizes two connected streams, recurring SaaS platform subscriptions (driven by renewal and the size of its recurring base) and per-transaction STM content delivery (driven by active customer accounts), so performance depends on both ongoing subscription traction and transaction usage.

Business quality (Mixed): SaaS-style operating KPIs are provided (ARR, renewal, deployments, active accounts), but there is no clean, mutually exclusive official segment breakdown from the facts shown.

Valuation: Trades at 15× trailing earnings · $0B market cap.

Bull case

  • Recurring revenue base exists: Annual Recurring Revenue is shown at 0.02 USD_B, with Platform Subscription Revenue at 0.01 USD_B.
  • Platform adoption metrics are disclosed: Platform Deployments (Ending) are shown at 880, and Transaction Active Customer Accounts are shown at 1346.

Bear case

  • Retention and churn metrics are both shown at 110%: Net Revenue Renewal Rate and Net Churn are both shown at 110%, which may reflect net expansion or potential definitional or measurement complexity.
  • Profitability is modest: For the latest quarter shown (2026-03-31), operating margin is 8.6%.
  • Operational performance may be tied to transaction activity: The company also generates Transaction Revenue (0.01 USD_B) tied to Transaction Active Customer Accounts, which can be more volatile than purely recurring subscription revenue.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$2.23
Market Cap$74.59M
P/E Ratio16.5
EV / EBITDA12.0
Price / Book3.91
Price / Sales1.53
FCF Yield4.7%
DCF Value (model)$1.57
DCF Upside vs Price-29.6%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$49.06M
Net Margin2.6%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-4.3%
EPS Growth (YoY)200.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)-65.2%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.70 (distress)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E16.5
Sector P/E (Technology)33.9
Industry P/E (Business Services)29.9
vs Sector-51.2%
vs Industry-44.7%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderNEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC ($7.13M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorTechnology
IndustryBusiness Services
CEORoy W. Olivier
Employees145
CountryUS
IPO Date2010-11-15

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.