What does increase (decrease) in prepaid royalties mean?

This represents the net change in cash payments made to content providers or intellectual property owners for future usage rights. It reflects the company's investment in securing access to proprietary research or data assets ahead of revenue generation. Monitoring this helps assess the company's content acquisition strategy and its impact on short-term cash flow.

Research Solutions RSSS Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Royalties

Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Royalties at other companies

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$4.91M—

Research SolutionsRSSS

$90.27K—

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$1.7M+41.3%

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$65M-23.5%

Reservoir Media, Inc.RSVR

-$524.49K—

Alliance Entertainment Holding CorporationAENT

$269K+1,123%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$12.1M-4.3%

Gross profit$6.3M0.0%

Operating income$1.0M+87.6%

Net income$860.2K+297%

EPS (diluted)$0.03+200%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$12.1M+22.3%

Total equity$19.1M+69.7%

Total assets$45.9M+1.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.0M-65.2%

CapEx$4.0K-34.4%

Free cash flow$1.0M-65.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$77.6M-16.2%

P/E17.2×-56.0×

P/S1.6×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin51.4%+3.2pp

Operating margin8.1%—

Net margin9.3%+6.3pp

FCF margin11.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity29.8%+19.8pp

Debt / equity0×—

Current ratio0.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Research Solutions in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidRoyalties.

The official record: Research Solutions’s 10-Q, filed May 15, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Research Solutions's increase (decrease) in prepaid royalties?: Research Solutions (RSSS) reported increase (decrease) in prepaid royalties of $90.27K in Q1 2026.
What does increase (decrease) in prepaid royalties mean?: This represents the net change in cash payments made to content providers or intellectual property owners for future usage rights. It reflects the company's investment in securing access to proprietary research or data assets ahead of revenue generation. Monitoring this helps assess the company's content acquisition strategy and its impact on short-term cash flow.