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ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for ACCESS Newswire Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About ACCESS Newswire Inc.

ACCESS Newswire Inc. provides newswire distribution services. The company distributes press releases and other communications to media outlets and investors. It serves businesses and organizations seeking to share news and information publicly.

Snapshot

Revenue
$22.6M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-1.9%
Net income
$4.3M
Diluted EPS
$1.11
Gross margin
76.5%
Operating margin
-8.3%
Net margin
19.0%
FCF margin
2.4%
ROE
14.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
5.1×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$21.9M
Long-term debt / equity
0.06×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at ACCESS Newswire

  • Revenue fell 1.9% to $23M in FY2025, after a 6.0% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 8.3% loss in FY2025, from 17.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $6M, down 0.1% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $538000 in FY2025, 2.4% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $4M in FY2025, from a $11M loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where ACCESS Newswire’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin76.5%
97th percentile of 466
Operating margin-8.3%
16th percentile of 605
Net margin19.0%
92nd percentile of 645
FCF margin2.4%
39th percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)-1.9%
29th percentile of 668
ROE14.1%
71st percentile of 600
P/E5.1×
5th percentile of 434
Long-term debt / equity0.06×
12th percentile of 409
Short interest1.00d
1st percentile of 676

ACCESS Newswire’s gross margin of 76.5% ranks in the 97th percentile of the 466 Industrials companies reporting it. ACCESS Newswire’s P/E of 5.1 ranks in the 5th percentile of the 434 peers with a meaningful P/E. ACCESS Newswire’s net margin of 19.0% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 645 Industrials companies reporting it.

5 reported insider purchases (code P) totaling $150,367 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
0
0 new, 0 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$260,351
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$190,04729.2KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$70,30410.8KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4. Multiple insiders have bought recently (a cluster buy).

Buys (90d)
5
3 insiders
Bought (90d)
$150K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Cluster buy
≥2 insiders buying
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-24
Rein Graeme P.DirectorBuy6.0K$4.95$30K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Rein Graeme P.DirectorBuy9.7K$5.10$49K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
BALBIRNIE BRIAN RDirector, CEOBuy10.0K$4.95$50K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
Pollard Wesley TDirectorBuy2.0K$4.99$10K
2026-06-23
filed 2026-06-24
BALBIRNIE BRIAN RDirector, CEOBuy1.8K$6.70$12K
2026-06-03
filed 2026-06-22
Pollard Wesley TDirectorBuy1.0K$6.25$6K
2026-05-27
filed 2026-05-29
BALBIRNIE BRIAN RDirector, CEOBuy10.0K$6.46$65K
2026-05-26
filed 2026-05-27
Rein Graeme P.DirectorBuy7.3K$6.31$46K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-19
Rein Graeme P.DirectorBuy7.9K$6.75$53K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-19
Rein Graeme P.DirectorBuy7.0K$6.87$48K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-18
Pollard Wesley TDirectorBuy1.0K$7.00$7K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
10.5K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+12.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.00
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
29.9K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1410.5K+12.2%1.00
2026-07-319.4K-3.6%1.00
2026-07-159.7K-14.5%1.00
2026-06-3011.4K-24.1%1.00
2026-06-1515.0K+26.9%1.29
2026-05-2911.8K-10.1%1.00
2026-05-1513.2K-12.6%1.24
2026-04-3015.0K-8.3%1.56

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$22.6M$23.1M$24.5M$23.5M$21.9M
Gross profit$17.3M$17.4M$18.9M$17.8M$16.1M
Operating income$-1.9M$-16.3M$-2.7M$2.7M$3.7M
Net income$4.3M$-10.8M$766,000$1.9M$3.3M
Diluted EPS$1.11$-2.82$0.20$0.52$0.86

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$3.0M$4.1M$5.7M$4.8M$23.9M
Current assets$8.4M$10.0M$11.5M$9.4M$27.9M
Total assets$42.0M$50.6M$65.2M$66.3M$39.3M
Current liabilities$9.5M$12.8M$12.7M$31.2M$5.8M
Long-term debt$1.7M$11.9M$15.9M$0
Total liabilities$11.6M$25.4M$29.7M$33.1M$7.6M
Total equity$30.3M$25.2M$35.4M$33.2M$31.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$558,000$3.2M$3.1M$4.0M$4.7M
Capital expenditure$20,000$19,000$25,000$66,000$62,000
Free cash flow$538,000$3.1M$3.0M$4.0M$4.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$5.6M-0.1%$-482,000$-0.12
Q1 FY2026$5.3M-2.7%$-611,000$-0.16
Q4 FY2025$5.8M-0.5%$-576,000
Q3 FY2025$5.7M1.5%$-45,000$-0.01
Q2 FY2025$5.6M-6.6%$-475,000$-0.12
Q1 FY2025$5.5M-1.7%$5.4M$1.40
Q4 FY2024$5.8M$-10.2M
Q3 FY2024$5.6M-25.5%$-466,000$-0.12

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryServices-Management Consulting Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing1995
SEC CIK843006

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-19
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10-K2025-03-25
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10-Q2026-08-11
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10-Q2026-05-12
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10-Q2025-11-12
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10-Q2025-08-12
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8-K2026-08-11
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8-K2026-07-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.