ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)
ACCESS Newswire Inc., originally incorporated as Issuer Direct Corporation in 1988, is a communications and compliance company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, having adopted its current name in January 2025. The firm delivers an extensive suite of services designed for public relations and investor relations professionals, serving clients across the United States and internationally. Its diverse offerings include the Media Advantage Platform, which facilitates press release distribution, provides access to comprehensive media databases, offers media monitoring services, and enables custom newsrooms. Furthermore, the company operates ACCESSWIRE, a dedicated service for news dissemination and media outreach. For virtual engagements, its Webcaster Platform offers a cloud-based environment for live and on-demand webcasts, webinars, and virtual meetings, allowing users to efficiently create, produce, and broadcast events to audiences of all sizes. The company also provides advanced professional conference and events software, featuring a mobile application that empowers organizers, issuers, and investors to streamline registration, request and approve one-on-one meetings, manage schedules, handle event promotion and sponsorships, print attendee badges, and coordinate lodging. An investor relations content network supplies vital data feeds, encompassing news updates, stock information, financial fundamentals, regulatory filings, corporate governance insights, and other critical data points. In the realm of compliance, ACCESS Newswire offers a whistleblower hotline for secure incident notifications and essential workflow management, ensuring alignment with corporate governance policies. It also includes a stock transfer module, providing clients with real-time access to shareholder information, stock ledgers, and reports, alongside capabilities for issuing new shares. A proxy module further delivers a real-time voting platform for its customers and their registered shareholders. The company's clientele is broad, encompassing public and private corporations, mutual funds, law firms, brokerage houses, investment banks, individuals, and various other institutional organizations.
Sector: Services-Management Consulting Services
Industry: Advertising Agencies
ACCESS Newswire Inc.
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based on 3.83M shares outstanding
ACCESS Newswire Inc., originally incorporated as Issuer Direct Corporation in 1988, is a communications and compliance company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, having adopted its current name in January 2025.
The firm delivers an extensive suite of services designed for public relations and investor relations professionals, serving clients across the United States and internationally.
Its diverse offerings include the Media Advantage Platform, which facilitates press release distribution, provides access to comprehensive media databases, offers media monitoring services, and enables custom newsrooms. Furthermore, the company operates ACCESSWIRE, a dedicated service for news dissemination and media outreach. For virtual engagements, its Webcaster Platform offers a cloud-based environment for live and on-demand webcasts, webinars, and virtual meetings, allowing users to efficiently create, produce, and broadcast events to audiences of all sizes.
The company also provides advanced professional conference and events software, featuring a mobile application that empowers organizers, issuers, and investors to streamline registration, request and approve one-on-one meetings, manage schedules, handle event promotion and sponsorships, print attendee badges, and coordinate lodging. An investor relations content network supplies vital data feeds, encompassing news updates, stock information, financial fundamentals, regulatory filings, corporate governance insights, and other critical data points. In the realm of compliance, ACCESS Newswire offers a whistleblower hotline for secure incident notifications and essential workflow management, ensuring alignment with corporate governance policies.
It also includes a stock transfer module, providing clients with real-time access to shareholder information, stock ledgers, and reports, alongside capabilities for issuing new shares. A proxy module further delivers a real-time voting platform for its customers and their registered shareholders.
The company's clientele is broad, encompassing public and private corporations, mutual funds, law firms, brokerage houses, investment banks, individuals, and various other institutional organizations.
Leadership
Brian R. Balbirnie
Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
Mark J. Lloyd
Chief Technology Officer
Steven Knerr
Chief Financial Officer, Controller & Interim Principal Accounting Officer
Charlie Terenzio
Head of Product PR Optimizer Team
Employees
113
Country
US
Sector
Communication Services
Website
accessnewswire.com
| Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Purchase | 6.0K | $29.7K | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| Director | Purchase | 9.7K | $49.5K | Aug 17, 2026 | |
| Director, CEO | Purchase | 10.0K | $49.5K | Aug 14, 2026 | |
| Director | Purchase | 2.0K | $10.0K | Aug 14, 2026 | |
| Director | Grant/Award | 4.4K | -- | Jun 26, 2026 | |
| Director | Grant/Award | 4.4K | -- | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Name | Shares | % | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Topline Capital Management, LLC · also on 13F· may incl. warrants· filed Nov 2024 | 715.5K | 18.7% | 13G |
Topline Capital Management, LLC | 709.3K | 18.5% | 13F |
BALBIRNIE BRIAN R Director, CEO, Director, 10% Owner | 644.7K | 16.8% | FORM 4 |
Graeme P. Rein · joint filing· may incl. warrants· filed May 2026 | 282.5K | 7.4% | 13D |
Forager Fund, LP · may incl. warrants· reaffirmed 13G/A Jan 2025 | 229.6K | 6.0% | 13G |
2717 Partners LP · may incl. warrants· filed Aug 2025 | 211.2K | 5.5% | 13D |
Witmer Richard H. · may incl. warrants· stale · filed Jan 2024 | 182.3K | 4.8% | 13G |
PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. | 150.9K | 3.9% | 13F |
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 138.6K | 3.6% | 13F |
BARD ASSOCIATES INC | 127.2K | 3.3% | 13F |
Insiders
- Rein Graeme P.Director
- BALBIRNIE BRIAN RDirector, CEO
- Pollard Wesley TDirector
- Staples JosephDirector
- Knerr Steven WinfieldChief Financial Officer
Top institutional holders
based on 3.83M shares outstanding
30d Avg
7.14K
60d Avg
15.99K
90d Avg
20.74K