- ACCESS Newswire Launches ACCESS Insights & Analytics, AI-Powered Press Release Scoring Platform
May 7, 2026 · accessnewswire.com
New platform scores press releases across eight AI metrics, predicts LLM discoverability, and delivers actionable recommendations alongside live engagement data. RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / ACCESS Newswire Inc. (NYSE American:ACCS), a leading communications technology company delivering Public Relations (PR) and Investor Relations (IR) solutions, today announced the launch of ACCESS Insights & Analytics, an AI-powered analytics platform that transforms how organizations measure the performance and impact of their press releases.
- ACCESS NEWSWIRE LAUNCHES ACCESS INSIGHTS & ANALYTICS, AI-POWERED PRESS RELEASE SCORING PLATFORM
May 7, 2026
NEW PLATFORM SCORES PRESS RELEASES ACROSS EIGHT AI METRICS, PREDICTS LLM DISCOVERABILITY, AND DELIVERS ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS ALONGSIDE LIVE ENGAGEMENT DATA. RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS NEWSWIRE / MAY 7, 2026 / ACCESS NEWSWIRE INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:ACCS), A LEADING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY DELIVERING PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR) AND INVESTOR RELATIONS (IR) SOLUTIONS, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF ACCESS INSIGHTS & ANALYTICS, AN AI-POWERED ANALYTICS PLATFORM THAT TRANSFORMS HOW ORGANIZATIONS MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT OF THEIR PRESS RELEASES.
- ACCESS Newswire to Host First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on May 12, 2026
May 5, 2026 · accessnewswire.com
RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / May 5, 2026 / ACCESS Newswire Inc. (NYSE American:ACCS), an industry-leading communications company, today announced it will host a conference call and live webcast on May 12, 2026, at 9:00am Eastern Time to discuss the results of the first quarter 2026. Conference Call Information To participate in this event, dial approximately 5 to 10 minutes before the beginning of the call.
- ACCESS NEWSWIRE TO HOST FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL ON MAY 12, 2026
May 5, 2026
RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS NEWSWIRE / MAY 5, 2026 / ACCESS NEWSWIRE INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:ACCS), AN INDUSTRY-LEADING COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, TODAY ANNOUNCED IT WILL HOST A CONFERENCE CALL AND LIVE WEBCAST ON MAY 12, 2026, AT 9:00AM EASTERN TIME TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST QUARTER 2026. CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, DIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CALL.
- Most and least shorted small-to-mid-cap stocks
Apr 6, 2026
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Short interest across small- to mid-cap stocks highlights extreme positioning at both ends, with highly speculative micro-cap names drawing heavy bearish bets, while a separate group of lesser-followed stocks sees minimal short activity.
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* 3 E Network Technology Group (MASK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MASK]): 81.19%
* RenX Enterprises (RENX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RENX]): 68.48%
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* Innovation Beverage Group (IBG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBG]): 45.82%
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* Xilio Therapeutics (XLO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLO]): 38.59%
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LEAST SHORTED SMALL-TO-MID-CAP TECH STOCKS (0.50% AND ABOVE):
* Reading International (RDIB [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RDIB]): 0.50%
* Virginia National Bankshares (VABK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VABK]): 0.50%
* Euroseas (ESEA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ESEA]): 0.50%
* DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund (DBL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DBL]): 0.50%
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* InTest (INTT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/INTT]): 0.51%
* DSS (DSS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DSS]): 0.51%
* International General Insurance (IGIC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IGIC]): 0.51%
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* Ultralife (ULBI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ULBI]): 0.51%
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* EPR Properties tops mid-cap ROE growth list, as market prepares to ride out volatility [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4572180-epr-properties-tops-mid-cap-roe-growth-list-as-market-prepares-to-ride-out-volatility]
* Postal Realty tops small-cap ROE growth list, as market prepares to ride out volatility [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4572168-postal-realty-tops-small-cap-roe-growth-list-as-market-prepares-to-ride-out-volatility]
- ACCESS Newswire Upgrades the ACCESS Platform to Include Social Monitoring to Track Brand Conversations Across Major Social Platforms
Mar 26, 2026
New capability expands the ACCESS platform with integrated social monitoring, sentiment analysis, and real-time brand intelligence across leading social network.
RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / March 26, 2026 / ACCESS Newswire Inc. (NYSE American:ACCS), a leading communications technology company delivering Public Relations (PR) and Investor Relations (IR) solutions, today announced the general availability of its Social Monitoring subscription add-on, a new capability integrated directly into the company's ACCESS subscription platform. The feature enables organizations to monitor, analyze, and understand conversations about their brands, products, executives, and competitors across major social networks where investors, journalists, and customers engage millions of times a day.
ACCESS Social Monitoring provides real-time visibility into brand conversations across leading social platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Reddit, and additional emerging digital communities that influence market perception and brand reputation. ACCESS Newswire began deploying the new Social Monitoring feature in mid-February to a 100 Universities, and all remaining customers now have access beginning this month.
By combining press release distribution, media monitoring, media pitching, and now social monitoring within a single communications platform, ACCESS Newswire continues to expand its ability to help organizations understand how their stories, announcements, and disclosures perform across the broader digital ecosystem.
Key Social Monitoring Capabilities
ACCESS Social Monitoring introduces a range of tools designed to give communications and investor relations teams deeper insight into brand conversations across social networks, including:
Real-Time Brand Monitoring - Track mentions of company names, executives, products, and industry keywords across social platforms. Sentiment Analysis - Evaluate whether social conversations are positive, neutral, or negative to better understand public perception. Influencer & Account Tracking - Identify influential accounts discussing a company or industry. Keyword & Topic Alerts - Receive alerts when important brand or sector keywords begin trending across monitored networks. Integrated Communications Analytics - View social engagement alongside press release performance metrics and traditional media coverage. Historical Conversation Trends - Monitor how brand discussions evolve over time and how they correlate with corporate announcements or financial disclosures.
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Integrated Directly into the ACCESS Dashboard
ACCESS Social Monitoring is fully integrated into the ACCESS platform interface, allowing customers to view social conversations alongside media coverage, press release analytics, and investor engagement insights within a single dashboard.
This unified view enables communications teams to better evaluate the reach and impact of their announcements across both traditional media and social channels. When a press release, earnings announcement, or corporate update is distributed, customers can immediately track how the story spreads across social platforms and how audiences react in real time.
Innovation Roadmap and Customer Value
Our ACCESS Social Monitoring is one of many innovations we are excited to introduce during the first half of 2026," said Brian R. Balbirnie, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ACCESS Newswire. "We continue to leverage our competitive technology platform to help customers create their stories, distribute them globally, and now monitor and analyze how their brands are discussed across the digital communications landscape. Bringing these capabilities together inside a single platform allows organizations to better understand the full impact of their communications."
Balbirnie added, "Social conversations increasingly influence brand reputation, investor sentiment, and media narratives. By integrating social monitoring and analytics into our ACCESS platform we are giving our customers deeper insights while continuing to expand the capabilities of our subscription platform."
Driving Subscription Growth and ARR Expansion
The introduction of our ACCESS Social Monitoring reflects ACCESS Newswire's strategy of continuously enhancing the capabilities of its subscription platforms to increase long-term customer value.
By integrating distribution, monitoring, and analytics into a unified communications technology platform, the company expects continued growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR) as customers adopt additional platform capabilities and expand their use of subscription-based services.
ACCESS Newswire continues to guide toward average subscription ARR levels of approximately $14,000 to $15,000 per customer by the end of 2026, driven by expanded platform functionality and increased adoption of integrated PR and IR communications solutions.
About ACCESS Newswire Inc.
We are ACCESS Newswire, a globally trusted Public Relations (PR) and Investor Relations (IR) solutions provider. With a focus on innovation, customer service, and value-driven offerings, ACCESS Newswire empowers brands to connect with their audiences where it matters most. From startups and scale-ups to multi-billion-dollar global brands, we ensure your most important moments make an impact and resonate with your audiences. To learn more visit www.accessnewswire.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Company or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In particular, statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or future performance contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "commit," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "outlook," "guidance," "target," "goal," "project," "continue to," "confident," or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, our confidence that our shift from pay-as-you-go to a subscription-based model is building the sustainable, predictable business we have been working toward and our belief that our various initiatives will further strengthen our performance and drive improved results in both the near and long-term.
Please see the Company's documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, including the Company's Annual Reports filed on Form 10-K, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and any amendments thereto for a discussion of certain important risk factors that relate to forward-looking statements contained in this report. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While the Company believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. These and other important factors may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For Further Information:
ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Brian R. Balbirnie
919-481-4000
brianb@accessnewswire.com
Brett Maas
Hayden IR
(646) 536-7331
brett@haydenir.com
James Carbonara
Hayden IR
(646)-755-7412
james@haydenir.com
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- ACCESS Newswire Upgrades the ACCESS Platform to Include Social Monitoring to Track Brand Conversations Across Major Social Platforms
Mar 26, 2026 · accessnewswire.com
New capability expands the ACCESS platform with integrated social monitoring, sentiment analysis, and real-time brand intelligence across leading social network. RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / March 26, 2026 / ACCESS Newswire Inc. (NYSE American:ACCS), a leading communications technology company delivering Public Relations (PR) and Investor Relations (IR) solutions, today announced the general availability of its Social Monitoring subscription add-on, a new capability integrated directly into the company's ACCESS subscription platform.
- ACCESS NEWSWIRE UPGRADES THE ACCESS PLATFORM TO INCLUDE SOCIAL MONITORING TO TRACK BRAND CONVERSATIONS ACROSS MAJOR SOCIAL PLATFORMS
Mar 26, 2026
NEW CAPABILITY EXPANDS THE ACCESS PLATFORM WITH INTEGRATED SOCIAL MONITORING, SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, AND REAL-TIME BRAND INTELLIGENCE ACROSS LEADING SOCIAL NETWORK. RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS NEWSWIRE / MARCH 26, 2026 / ACCESS NEWSWIRE INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:ACCS), A LEADING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY DELIVERING PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR) AND INVESTOR RELATIONS (IR) SOLUTIONS, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF ITS SOCIAL MONITORING SUBSCRIPTION ADD-ON, A NEW CAPABILITY INTEGRATED DIRECTLY INTO THE COMPANY'S ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM.
- ACCESS Newswire Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary
Mar 25, 2026
ACCESS Newswire Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary - Moby
Strategic Transformation and Operational Evolution
Shifted business to a majority recurring model, with subscription revenue reaching 53% of total revenue compared to 45% in the prior year. Improved gross margins to 77% through operational efficiencies, headcount reductions, and the deployment of internal AI editorial tools. Divested the legacy compliance business to sharpen focus on core PR and IR storytelling tools for large enterprise brands. Increased Average Recurring Revenue (ARR) per subscriber by 16% year-over-year to $12,005.34, driven by platform adoption and cross-selling success. Reduced total debt by over 83% and retooled back-office systems to create a leaner, more agile corporate structure. Attributed sequential revenue growth to higher press release volumes, though full-year volume remained slightly lower than 2024 levels. Insulated the business from seat-based SaaS valuation risks by maintaining a one-to-one enterprise subscription model regardless of user count.
2026 Growth Strategy and Product Roadmap
Targeting an expansion of the subscriber base to 1,500 customers by the end of 2026 through new product monetization and enterprise acquisition. Anticipating adjusted EBITDA margins to reach the mid-to-high teens by the second half of 2026 as scale increases against fixed distribution costs. Projecting an ARR lift of approximately 25% beginning in Q2 2026 following the launch of integrated social monitoring tools. Implementing a 'Kill the Report' initiative to replace static distribution metrics with real-time, AI-powered brand sentiment and engagement analytics. Testing lower-commitment subscription tiers in Q1 2026 to evaluate scaled user adoption and product resonance across different market segments.
Non-Recurring Impacts and Risk Factors
Recorded a $14,150,000 impairment charge in 2024 related to the Newswire trade name following the strategic rebrand to ACCESS Newswire. Incurred a one-time contract settlement cost of approximately $336,000 during the fourth quarter of 2025. Executed a sublease for office space expected to generate approximately $80,000 in quarterly savings starting in 2026. Acknowledged dissatisfaction with recent churn rates, identifying credit card payment failures as the driver for 70% of subscription cancellations.
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Management identified a $200 monthly ARR lift for customers upgrading to the Pro version which includes social media monitoring. New 'Kill the Report' interactive analytics will be offered as both a pay-per-use upgrade and a subscription add-on.
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Volume and pricing trends in the newswire industry
The company is successfully taking price increases during renewals due to improved brand trust and execution history. Management expects volume growth as customers produce more content to improve visibility in AI and LLM search results.
Operational expense outlook for the 2026 fiscal year
OpEx is expected to remain flat or decrease relative to 2025 levels due to lease exits and workflow automation efficiencies. Specific savings of $320,000 per year are anticipated from the recent real estate optimization.
Strategic value of the ACCESS EDU and Bateman program
The program currently includes over 2,000 students at 100 universities, serving as a long-term feeder for future enterprise customers. While currently $0 ARR, management expects revenue contributions by mid-2026 as students graduate and bring the platform to their employers.
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- ACCESS Newswire Report: Press Release Distribution Has Entered the AI Era - and Most Brands Aren't Ready
Mar 24, 2026 · accessnewswire.com
New analysis from ACCESS Newswire examines how AI search, answer engines, and evolving SEO standards are reshaping the way press releases are discovered, cited, and valued RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / March 24, 2026 / Press release distribution has long been a cornerstone of corporate communications. But in 2026, the rules of visibility have fundamentally changed.
