Research Solutions $RSSS Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred

🫧 Edgar looked up RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC. ($RSSS). Last filing: DEF 14A, 2026-10-01. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months. Auditor change (8-K Item 4.01) filed 2025-02-11.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $48.3M (FY2026). Experience: revenue down 1.5% on the year, up 10.1% a year over 4 years; operating margin 7.4%, up from 5.1%. Soundness: equity 45.3% of assets, return on equity 13.6%. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $33.6M and $71.2M next year (method v4.1: its own 6-year record of growth weighed at 63% against under $50M filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $31.9M to $75.1M. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (70 filers, $50M+ revenue, services-business services, nec): operating margin 7.4% against a 7.9% median; growth -1.5% against 10.2%.

Next year, 80%$34M–$71M
Growth, on the year−1.5%
Operating margin7.4%
Equity of assets45.3%
Credibility63%
Track record12 of 12
RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 7.9%7.4%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 10.2%-1.5%Equity of assetsPeer median 39.6%45.3%Return on equityPeer median 9.3%13.6%Gold tick: the median of 57–67 peers with $50M+ revenue in services-business services, nec

Speed and cash · fiscal 2025

Cash Compass🌱 Cash cow later · growing fast, and already turning revenue into cash
Inside viewTurns 14.3% of revenue into operating cash; revenue growing 14.2% a year over three years; no common dividend.
Outside viewAmong under $50M companies: 85th percentile for cash, 67th for growth. cash growth

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Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free)$5M · −$0M · −$5M · $5M
Investment book (cash · short · long)$13M · — · — · current ratio 0.83
Revenue swing · equity of assets5.6% · 38.9%

Research Solutions is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2026-06-30
Revenue$48M
Revenue, on the year−1.5%
Revenue, a year over the record10.1%
Operating margin7.4%
Operating margin, prior year5.1%
Net margin5.8%
Research and development$3M · 6.5% of revenue
Total debt—
Equity of assets45.3%
Return on equity13.6%
Payout of profit—
Dividend per share—
Earnings per share$0.09
Book value per share$0.64
Revenue per share$1.50
Shares outstanding32,272,835
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 70 filers with $50M+ revenue in services-business services, nec.

Health HarborResearch Solutions sails as: Sound ship

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Sailing speed follows growth: 14.2% a year crosses the harbor in 37 seconds.

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  • revenue is hard to predict: its 80% range is ±36%

Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.

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