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ACCESS Newswire Inc. ACCS
ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.82% (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $22.6M at a 19.0% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -1.78 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.027 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.129 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.045 |
| Equity / liabilities | 2.605 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCS | ACCESS Newswire Inc. | 7/9 | 2.68 | 5.9 | -1.9% |
| LICN | Lichen International Ltd | 1/9 | 16.74 | — | -40.9% |
| CISO | CISO Global, Inc. | 5/9 | — | — | -13.5% |
| RTB | RTB Digital, Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | -38.7% |
| RYOJ | rYojbaba Co., Ltd. | 5/9 | 2.51 | 260.2 | -19.4% |
| EUBG | ENTREPRENEUR UNIVERSE BRIGHT GROUP | 5/9 | 14.24 | 40.6 | — |
| EGG | ENIGMATIG LTD | 3/9 | 12.9 | 352.5 | — |
About ACCESS Newswire Inc.
ACCESS Newswire Inc. provides solutions for public relations and investor relations in the United States and internationally. The company offers press release distribution and optimizer, media database and pitching, media monitoring, and media room; ACCESS Newswire, a news dissemination and media outreach solution; and Webcaster Platform, a cloud-based webcast, webinar, and virtual meeting platform that delivers live and on-demand streaming of events to audiences of various sizes, as well as allows customers to create, produce, and deliver events. It also offers professional conference and events software, a mobile app that offers one-on-one meetings, as well as manages schedules and lodging, performs event promotion and sponsorship, and prints attendee badges; and investor relations content network, a series of data feeds, which include news feeds, stock feeds, fundamentals, regulatory filings, corporate governance, and other components. In addition, the company provides whistleblower hotline, a system that delivers secure notifications and basic incident workflow management processes that align with a company's corporate governance policies. It serves public and private companies. The company was formerly known as Issuer Direct Corporation and changed its name to ACCESS Newswire Inc. in January 2025. ACCESS Newswire Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
FAQ
Is ACCS financially healthy?
ACCESS Newswire Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ACCS pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. ACCESS Newswire Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 1.82% with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is ACCS?
In FY2025, ACCESS Newswire Inc. had a net margin of 19.0% and a return on equity of 14.1%.
Is ACCS overvalued or undervalued?
ACCESS Newswire Inc. trades at about 4.7× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 7.8×–82.5×, median 52.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ACCS?
The average Wall-Street price target for ACCESS Newswire Inc. is $12.50, about 140.4% above the recent price, from 2 analysts.
Is ACCS a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ACCESS Newswire Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 5.9×, a dividend yield of 1.82%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.