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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Access Newswire Inc.ACCS · other | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 83.0, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 279 of 336 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 48.2 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 52.6 |
| Growth and financing | D/Epercentile 79.2 |
| Reliability | 0.83 AUCfailure model, filers with $12.5M to $120M assets; 95% interval 0.79 to 0.86; 201 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.07% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $12.5M to $120M assetstotal assets $42.0M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress, fortress balance sheet |
| Inputs computable | 9 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Mar 19, 2026204 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $4.672026-10-08; market equity $17.9M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Mar 19, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
its subsidiaries are hereinafter collectively referred to as “ACCESS”, “ACCESS Newswire”, the “Company”, formed in October 1988 under the name Docucon Incorporated. In December 2007, we changed our name to Issuer Direct Corporation, and then effective on January 27, 2025, we changed our name from Issuer Direct Corporation to ACCESS Newswire Inc. offices are located at One Glenwood Ave., Suite 1001, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27603, and our main telephone number is 888-808-ACCS (2227).
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 48.2 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 41.2% | [1,3] | 27.1% | 26.0 | 289 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.0% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | 8.1% | [1,4-6] | (5.9%) | 94.5 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.2 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.2 pts | 24.1 | 204 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 52.6 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 2.68 | [1,15-20] | 2.05 | 34.5 | 386 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.52x | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.18x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.88x | [15-16] | 1.32x | 70.7 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 79.2 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (1.3%) | [2,8,10,12] | 5.1% | 72.4 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (48.6%) | [5,21-27] | 8.7% | 94.5 | 220 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 11.9% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (14.1%) | [1,6,28-29] | 4.1% | 92.9 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 0.5% | [30-31] | (0.4%) | 56.9 | 356 | 2026-03-19 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.228; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274 | Atlas Lithium Corp. (ATLX) Atlas Lithium Corp. (ATLX) D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 81.5 Nasdaq · Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) market equity $69.4M; last close $2.31 Warnings: dilution; 7 of 14 inputs | 81.5 | D/E | dilution |
| 275 | Maxcyte, Inc. (MXCT) Maxcyte, Inc. (MXCT) D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 81.8 Nasdaq · Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research market equity $105.3M; last close $1.01 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 81.8 | D/E | |
| 276 | Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC) Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC) D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 82.1 NYSE · Services-Advertising Agencies market equity $21.8B; last close $76.44 Warnings: dilution; 10 of 14 inputs | 82.1 | D/E | dilution |
| 277 | Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 82.4 NYSE · Miscellaneous Metal Ores market equity $4.5B; last close $9.15 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 82.4 | D/E | fortress balance sheet |
| 278 | Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. (SMHI) Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. (SMHI) Eweakest fifth; percentile 82.7 NYSE · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight market equity $234.7M; last close $8.64 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 82.7 | E | |
| 279 | Access Newswire Inc. (ACCS) Access Newswire Inc. (ACCS) Eweakest fifth; percentile 83.0 NYSE · Services-Management Consulting Services market equity $17.6M; last close $4.67 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 83.0 | E | |
| 280 | NextTrip, Inc. (NTRP) NextTrip, Inc. (NTRP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 83.3 Nasdaq · Transportation Services market equity $28.5M; last close $1.94 Warnings: dilution, short runway; 8 of 14 inputs | 83.3 | E | dilution, short runway |
| 281 | Stagwell Inc. (STGW) Stagwell Inc. (STGW) Eweakest fifth; percentile 83.6 Nasdaq · Services-Advertising Agencies market equity $2.1B; last close $8.77 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 83.6 | E | |
| 282 | Delek Logistics Partners, L.P. (DKL) Delek Logistics Partners, L.P. (DKL) Eweakest fifth; percentile 83.9 NYSE · Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas) market equity $3.0B; last close $56.57 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 83.9 | E | |
| 283 | Travelzoo (TZOO) Travelzoo (TZOO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 84.2 Nasdaq · Services-Advertising market equity $54.7M; last close $5.36 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 84.2 | E | |
| 284 | Repay Holdings Corp. (RPAY) Repay Holdings Corp. (RPAY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 84.5 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC last close $3.88 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 84.5 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | D/E | 80.3 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 83.0 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 86.4 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 88.4 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (49.2%) | 2.0% | 10 | hotter than 10 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (57.4%) | (26.8%) | 14 | closer to its high than 14 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | not computable | 4.4% | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.1% | 4.1% | 41 | pricier than 59 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 1.66 | 0.34 | 97 | pricier than 3 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 1.28 | 0.70 | 69 | pricier than 31 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 1.5% | (8.8%) | 68 | more equity-funded than 68 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.82) | (0.13) | 10 | ahead of 10 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $17.6M; EBIT -$1.9M; free cash flow $538,000; book equity $29.3M; sales $22.6M; cash $3.0M[32].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 7 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 8.5% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $558,000 | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | 25.0 pts | ✓ pass[4,6,28,33] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | -$3.7M | ✗ fail[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (17.0 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,28,34-35] |
| Current ratio improved | 10.1 pts | ✓ pass[15-16,36-37] |
| No new shares issued | 0.5% | ✗ fail[30-31] |
| Gross margin improved | 0.9 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 9.3 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,28] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $3.0M[38] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $720,000[5,38-42] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 59 |
| 10-Q received Aug 11, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $81,068 |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 204 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $42.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $22.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $17.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $4.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $558,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $50.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $17.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $23.1M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $18.9M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $24.5M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $17.8M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $23.5M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $16.1M | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $21.9M | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $8.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $9.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $5.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$1.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $30.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $11.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $20,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.2M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $19,000 | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.1M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $25,000 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $4.0M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $66,000 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $65.2M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $66.3M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-07 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 3,859,211 | 2026-03-19 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 3,838,743 | 2025-03-25 | 2025-03-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 3,827,304 | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$10.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $1.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $11.9M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $10.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $12.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-19 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $3.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $871,000 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-12 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $300,000 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-12 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $882,000 | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 83.0 is 3.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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