ACCS ACCESS Newswire Inc.

Overview and Growth

Fiscal 2025 results for ACCESS Newswire Inc. combined $22.62M of revenue with net income of $4.29M and an operating cash inflow of $558.00K. Revenue of $22.62M sets the scale for evaluating how effectively sales translated into profit and cash during the year. Revenue was 1.9% below fiscal 2024 revenue of $23.06M, marking a top-line contraction. The company reported diluted EPS of $1.11, adding a shareholder-level measure to the absolute income figures considered below. Revenue equaled 0.54x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

Gross profit was $17.31M, representing the portion of revenue remaining after the reported cost of revenue and before operating expenses. Gross margin was 76.5%, so that share of each revenue unit remained after the cost of revenue reported for the period. The reported operating result was an operating loss of $1.87M, reflecting costs that exceeded gross profit. An operating margin of -8.3% reflected costs exceeding revenue-level gross profit by 8.3% of sales. After all reported below-operating-line items, the company recorded net income of $4.29M for the fiscal year. Net margin was 19.0%, meaning that this portion of revenue remained as net income after all recognized expenses. The pretax result was a loss of $1.95M, establishing the deficit before tax effects. Measured against revenue, the pretax deficit represented 8.6%. The company recognized an income-tax benefit of $395.00K, increasing after-tax earnings relative to the pretax result. Return on period-end equity was 14.1%, relating annual net income to the equity capital on the balance sheet. The net-income-to-assets relationship measured 10.2%, showing earnings relative to the full balance sheet.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

The company held $41.99M of assets against $11.65M of liabilities and $30.34M of equity, revealing how the asset base was financed. Current assets were $8.42M against $9.54M of current liabilities, framing the resources and obligations classified within the near-term balance-sheet horizon. Current assets covered only 0.88x of current liabilities, so current liabilities exceeded current assets at period end. Reported cash and equivalents were $3.02M, separating immediately recognizable cash resources from the rest of the current-asset base. Cash and equivalents represented 31.7% of current liabilities, showing the portion of near-term obligations matched by reported cash alone. Borrowings totaled $2.56M, adding a fixed financing obligation alongside the company’s equity capital. The debt-to-equity relationship was 0.08x, showing how much debt the company carried for each unit of book equity. The debt-to-assets relationship was 6.1%, comparing borrowing with the total asset balance. Relative to total assets, liabilities measured 27.7%, complementing the separate equity-based view of the company’s capital structure. Measured against total assets, cash and equivalents represented 7.2%, a balance-sheet composition measure rather than a liquidity forecast. The asset base changed 17.1% from $50.64M in fiscal 2024, leaving current total assets lower year over year.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

Cash flow from operations was $558.00K, a reported cash inflow that can be compared directly with net income and capital spending. Against net income, operating cash flow measured 0.13x, showing the relationship between accrual earnings and operating cash. The cash-flow statement records $20.00K of capital expenditures, the investment amount considered after operating cash generation. Capital expenditures represented 3.6% of operating cash flow, leaving the remainder available as free cash flow. After capital spending, free cash flow was $538.00K, leaving cash available for debt reduction, shareholder returns, or further investment. Relative to revenue, free cash flow equaled 2.4%, showing how much sales converted into cash after investment. The free-cash-flow-to-assets relationship was 1.3%, comparing post-investment cash with the balance-sheet asset base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.