ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of ACCESS Newswire Inc. stock $7.70, price $3.41, upside +125.8%, quality 63 out of 100. Rating: strongly undervalued. Calculated from audited financials with 21 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $3.41 – $32.27 · fair‑value band $5.78 – $12.78 · the $3.41 price screens below the $7.70 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 6, 2026.
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ACCESS Newswire Inc. provides solutions for public relations and investor relations in the United States and internationally.
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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.
Stock analysis
ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) currently trades at $3.41, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $7.70, implying the stock looks roughly 56% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth Earnings group reads highest at a median of $24.08 per share, and 16 of the 21 models we run sit above the $3.41 price.
Bear case: the Growth DCF group reads lowest at $4.31, and 5 of the 21 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is low.
Scenario range: $5.78 (bear) to $12.78 (bull), the price of $3.41 sits below it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 63/100 (solid quality), in the Communication Services sector.
Expensive Growth: The company is growing, but growth may require heavy reinvestment or weak cash conversion.
ACCESS Newswire Inc. reported revenue of $22.6M in FY2025 versus $21.9M in FY2021, a compound +0.8%/yr. Reported net income was $4.3M in FY2025, compounding +6.9%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $13.1M Micro · P/S ratio 0.64 · EPS (TTM) $−0.4100 · Net margin −7.6% · Return on equity −5.1% · Return on assets (EBIT) −4.7% (5-year average) · Operating margin −5.5% · Revenue (TTM) $22.5M.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 27 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 68% below its 52-week high and at its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Communication Services peers we cover trades at 10% fair-value upside, at 126%, ACCS screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$5.78Fair Value $7.70Bull$12.78
Price $3.41 · Upside +125.8%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
In the last 6 months, 3 officers or directors bought shares worth $375,037, most recently on Aug 24, 2026. Buying cluster
BuyGraeme P. ReinDirector4× since May 15, 2026: 37,800 shares, avg. $5.98$225,982Aug 24, 2026
BuyWesley T PollardDirector4× since Mar 25, 2026: 5,500 shares, avg. $6.21$34,165Aug 14, 2026
BuyBrian R BalbirnieDirector, CEO, Director, 10% owner4× since Mar 25, 2026: 25,146 shares, avg. $6.02$151,431Aug 14, 2026
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.41/100
The company is growing, but growth may require heavy reinvestment or weak cash conversion.
Revenue growth 1 year
−1.9%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
−1.3%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+4.1%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +6.9% a year
Revenue growth 19 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) (mathematically smoothed) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Smoothed = median of all growth paths between the years of the window (trend line on the logarithm of earnings per share): a single extreme year cannot distort the rate. The reported figure stays in the tooltip.
+1.4%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+1.4%
Dividend (yield on the price)0.0%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.base effect: 14.8% / 34.8%
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.15% → −6%
2025 sits 210% above its own trend. The rate follows the median trend of the last 5 years, not that single year.
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
A lot of optimism in the price
The price assumes more growth than the company has delivered so far.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+9.3%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect
n/a
No analyst forecast available.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +6.7% a year for the price.
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Advertising Agencies · 170 stocks
Beats the industry median on 5/11 measures
A mixed picture versus its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score63 · Above median
Fair Value upside+125.8% · Top 25%
Profitability
Return on assets10.2% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)−7.6% · Bottom 25%
Operating margin (12 months)−5.5% · Bottom 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)−0.1% · Below median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.06× · Above median
Valuation Multiplesvs Advertising Agencies median · lower = cheaper
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Frequently asked questions
Is ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 6, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $7.70 versus a price of $3.41, about +126% upside (undervalued).
What is the fair value of ACCS?
Our model-based fair value for ACCESS Newswire Inc. is $7.70 (as of Nov 6, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $3.41.
What is the quality score of ACCS?
ACCESS Newswire Inc. has a Quality Score of 63/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $7.70 (as of Nov 6, 2026) from 21 valuation models. Cautious scenario $5.78, optimistic scenario $12.78. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the ACCESS Newswire Inc. stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $7.70, about +126% upside versus a price of $3.41 (undervalued). Cautious scenario $5.78, optimistic scenario $12.78. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
ACCESS Newswire Inc. reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $22.5M (latest available figure, as of Nov 6, 2026).
What growth is priced into ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, ACCESS Newswire Inc. would have to grow free cash flow by +9.3 % per year for five years (discount rate 8.5 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +4.1 % per year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of ACCS use?
Our models discount ACCESS Newswire Inc. at 8.5 %: a base by market capitalisation (nano), damped by beta 0.42, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For ACCESS Newswire Inc. that is +9.3 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (8.5 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at ACCESS Newswire Inc. grew +4.1 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +9.3 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +11.5 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into ACCESS Newswire Inc. (+9.3 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 4.09 %: that much free cash flow ACCESS Newswire Inc. produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (8.5 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For ACCESS Newswire Inc. it is $7.70 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026), against a price of $3.41. It is the blended result of 21 valuation models in 7 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings).
Is ACCESS Newswire Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 6, 2026, ACCS trades below its calculated fair value: price $3.41, fair value $7.70, a gap of about +126% (undervalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of ACCS?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($3.41); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($7.70). For ACCESS Newswire Inc. the two are $4.29 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is ACCESS Newswire Inc. worth?
The market values ACCESS Newswire Inc. at about $13.1M (market capitalisation, as of Nov 6, 2026). Per share that is $3.41; our models calculate a fair value of $7.70 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about ACCS?
Our models span a range for ACCESS Newswire Inc.: cautious scenario $5.78, base $7.70, optimistic $12.78 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026, price $3.41). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
How solid is the balance sheet of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
Balance-sheet figures for ACCESS Newswire Inc. (as of Nov 6, 2026): return on equity −5.1%, debt of 0.06 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 63/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is ACCS from its 52-week high?
ACCESS Newswire Inc. trades at $3.41, about 68% below its 52-week high of $10.80 and at the low of $3.41 (as of Nov 6, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $7.70 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to ACCESS Newswire Inc.?
From the same area (Communication Services) we also value AppLovin Corporation, Publicis Groupe S.A, Omnicom Group, Focus Media Information Technology Co, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is ACCESS Newswire Inc. stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 6, 2026: price $3.41, calculated fair value $7.70 (+126%), Quality Score 63/100, from 21 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of ACCS calculated?
We run ACCESS Newswire Inc. through 21 models from 7 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of $7.70 builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.3% above its aggregate fair value. ACCESS Newswire Inc. currently trades 56% below its own fair value, and the market average says nothing about that. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was $3.41. Our model-based fair value is $7.70, about +126% upside (undervalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with ACCESS Newswire Inc. right now?
The price is below even our cautious bear case ($5.78). The market is more pessimistic than our downside scenario. The large gap to fair value rests on thin data (low evidence): fewer applicable models and a shorter history. Read it with extra caution. Solid quality (63/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality. A fairly wide model range ($5.78 to $12.78) leaves room in how you read the outcome.
Key figures of ACCESS Newswire Inc.
How large is the market capitalisation of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The market capitalisation of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is $13.1M. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The price-to-sales ratio of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is 0.64 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
Earnings per share at ACCESS Newswire Inc. are $−0.4100. Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the net margin of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The net margin of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is −7.6% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The return on equity (ROE) of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is −5.1% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is −4.7% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
The operating margin of ACCESS Newswire Inc. is −5.5% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)?
Revenue at ACCESS Newswire Inc. is growing −0.1% versus a year earlier (3y avg −1.3%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How much net cash does ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) hold?
ACCESS Newswire Inc. holds more cash than debt, $152K net (fiscal year 2025). The company holds more cash than debt, a safety cushion.
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