---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-059181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSSS"
cik: "0001386301"
company_name: "Research Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T03:50:15.723580+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Research Solutions Q3: revenue $10.3M, ARR $9.1M, net income turns positive

## Summary
- Revenue $10.3M (+18% YoY); Platform rev $2.2M (+26%); ARR $9.1M (+24%).
- Net income $237k ($0.01 EPS) vs loss of $341k ($0.01 loss) in prior-year Q3.
- Adjusted EBITDA $559k vs $94k; gross margin improved 190 bps to 38.9%.
- Cash flow from ops $0.8M Q3, $1.9M YTD vs -$0.4M prior YTD.
- Transaction customers 1,417 (+18.8% YoY); net platform deployments +25 to 815.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-059181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSSS
- cik: 0001386301
- company_name: Research Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465923059181/0001104659-23-059181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465923059181/tm2315548d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Research Solutions, Inc. reported third quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue $10.3 million, net income $237,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, EPS $0.01 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $10.3 million
  - Net income: $237,000, or $0.01 per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.01 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: for R&D driven organizations, reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2023. Fiscal Third Quarter 2023 Summary • Total revenue of $10.3 million, an 18.1% increase from prior-year quarter and the Company’s first reported quarter of over $10 million in revenue • Platform revenue up 26% to $2.2 million. Annual Recurring
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465923059181/0001104659-23-059181-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.