Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS)

Research Solutions, Inc.'s stock has been impacted by several events in the past six months. The company reported mixed Q1 FY2026 earnings, with EPS missing forecasts but the stock rising in aftermarket trading. Q2 FY2025 results showed increased revenue but a net loss due to Scite's earnout liability. The former Chairman's stock exit was seen as a positive. Analyst upgrades occurred in November 2025. Short interest recently increased. The company announced significant growth in its AI-powered research platform, Scite, coupled with a decrease in AI-related technology costs.

Research Solutions, Inc. has experienced demand seasonality for its products and services, and management anticipates that this seasonality will likely continue in fiscal year 2026. The company aims for outperformance in each of the remaining quarters of the fiscal year compared to fiscal 2025.

Research Solutions, Inc. operates in the Information Technology sector, providing cloud-based SaaS research platforms and selling scientific, technical, and medical content. Its platform enables customers to order, manage transactions, obtain usage reports, automate authentication, and integrate with other software systems. Discover Tools facilitate search discovery across STM articles. Resolute.ai and Scite.ai are AI-powered search tools that identify relevant research and insights. Article Galaxy and Article Galaxy Scholar manage entitlements. Generative AI solutions help researchers assess article quality and understand relationships between research papers. The References solution organizes literature and accesses scientific content. Transactional services provide electronic delivery of single articles.

Research Solutions, Inc. generates the majority of its revenue from the United States, with Europe being its second-largest revenue contributor. The company serves corporate, academic, government, and individual researchers internationally.

Research Solutions has focused on advancing its AI capabilities and has seen positive developments in its brand reputation. The company is recognized as a leader in AI solutions for researchers, with its Scite.ai platform experiencing significant growth. Research Solutions reported its strongest-ever organic first-quarter B2B results. Management has highlighted new AI-based product offerings and partnerships with publishers. The company reports an NPS score of over 1, which is above the industry average.

Research Solutions, Inc. has 76 institutional owners and shareholders holding a total of 16,634,132 shares. Institutions hold 41.33% of the shares outstanding. Individuals and insiders hold 14.35% of the shares outstanding. Hedge fund managers hold 5.66% of the shares outstanding.