REFR Stock Price, Research Frontiers Inc Quote, Chart

Market Summary

USD1.59-0.02

Delayed

-1.24%

REFR Stock Price

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REFR Valuation

Market Cap

53.3M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-27.92

Price/Sales (Trailing)

58.58

EV/EBITDA

-8.37

Price/Free Cashflow

-23.2

REFR Price/Sales (Trailing)

REFR Profitability

EBT Margin

-485.24%

Return on Equity

-54.25%

Return on Assets

-49.56%

Free Cashflow Yield

-4.31%

REFR Fundamentals

REFR Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

909.6K

Rev. Growth (Yr)

140.36%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

90.22%

REFR Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-1.9M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

41.15%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-1.64%

Breaking Down REFR Revenue

Last 7 days

3.9%

Last 30 days

17.8%

Last 90 days

52.9%

Trailing 12 Months

-1.8%

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REFR Financial Health

Current Ratio

12.89

REFR Investor Care

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-0.06

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	614.0K	713.6K	727.3K	909.6K
2022	1.2M	1.2M	622.3K	539.7K
2021	685.4K	623.2K	1.2M	1.3M
2020	1.5M	1.4M	1.1M	828.5K
2019	1.5M	1.5M	1.6M	1.6M
2018	1.5M	1.5M	1.4M	1.5M
2017	1.2M	1.3M	1.5M	1.5M
2016	2.0M	1.5M	1.3M	1.2M
2015	1.7M	2.1M	2.1M	2.0M
2014	1.8M	1.6M	1.6M	1.6M
2013	2.2M	2.3M	2.3M	2.2M
2012	1.2M	1.5M	1.8M	2.0M
2011	785.0K	764.1K	833.6K	846.0K
2010	0	729.0K	748.3K	767.5K
2009	0	0	0	709.8K

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Research Frontiers Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Feb 07, 2024	daigle darryl	bought	1,000	1.00	1,000	-
Dec 11, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	7,517	0.97	7,750	-
Oct 02, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	525	1.05	500	-
Sep 13, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	2,160	1.35	1,600	-
Sep 13, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	7,490	1.4	5,350	-
Jun 16, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	7,003	1.49	4,700	-
Jun 15, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	6,996	1.59	4,400	-
Feb 09, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	7,000	2.00	3,500	-
Jan 25, 2023	daigle darryl	bought	7,000	2.00	3,500	-
Aug 25, 2020	douglas kevin	sold	-81,901	2.1553	-38,000	-

Which funds bought or sold REFR recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 25, 2024	SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC	reduced	-39.76	-1,000	2,000	-%
Apr 25, 2024	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	sold off	-100	-18,578	-	-%
Apr 24, 2024	Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.	new	-	16,000	16,000	-%
Apr 22, 2024	Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.	unchanged	-	4,622	20,716	-%
Apr 15, 2024	Next Level Private LLC	unchanged	-	4,640	20,800	0.01%
Mar 26, 2024	Fairman Group, LLC	new	-	126	126	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	reduced	-10.02	-80,412	426,769	-%
Feb 26, 2024	Virtu Financial LLC	new	-	16,000	16,000	-%
Feb 15, 2024	MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV	unchanged	-	-1,000	14,000	-%
Feb 15, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	sold off	-100	-31,014	-	-%

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No. of Funds

Unveiling Research Frontiers Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Jan 24, 2024	morgan stephen l.	5518%	1,960,911	SC 13G
Oct 19, 2023	morgan stephen l.	1635%	1,680,944	SC 13G
Jul 12, 2021	blackrock inc.	2.0%	636,826	SC 13G/A
Mar 15, 2021	douglas kevin	4.8%	1,540,569	SC 13G/A
Feb 02, 2021	blackrock inc.	6.4%	2,006,761	SC 13G
Jan 25, 2021	douglas kevin	5.7%	1,824,966	SC 13G/A
Aug 27, 2020	douglas kevin	9.8%	3,125,066	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Research Frontiers Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 26, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Mar 07, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Feb 08, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Jan 24, 2024	SC 13G	Major Ownership Report

Peers (Alternatives to Research Frontiers Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
AAPL	2.6T	385.7B	-2.32%	0.52%	25.91	6.78	-0.47%	6.03%
APH	72.3B	12.8B	4.50%	61.10%	35.48	5.63	1.52%	6.35%
FTV	26.7B	6.1B	-11.68%	19.45%	30.89	4.36	3.71%	14.65%
GLW	26.7B	12.6B	-5.15%	-4.37%	44.59	2.12	-11.28%	-55.18%
FLEX	12.2B	29.4B	1.19%	43.56%	16.2	0.42	-1.12%	-8.06%
MID-CAP
CGNX	7.0B	837.5M	-4.40%	-15.17%	61.55	8.32	-16.75%	-47.46%
ARW	6.9B	33.1B	-1.16%	14.50%	7.65	0.21	-10.82%	-36.63%
BMI	5.5B	740.8M	15.23%	39.67%	53.3	7.36	25.07%	42.99%
AVT	4.5B	25.6B	1.31%	23.33%	6.76	0.18	-2.73%	-21.96%
ESE	2.7B	968.8M	-0.54%	12.23%	29.23	2.81	9.35%	8.73%
SMALL-CAP
CNXN	1.7B	2.9B	-2.87%	59.27%	20.21	0.59	-8.78%	-6.67%
BHE	1.1B	2.8B	3.84%	47.53%	17.44	0.4	-1.64%	-5.74%
GPRO	263.8M	1.0B	-22.87%	-59.91%	-4.96	0.26	-8.05%	-284.36%
AEY	34.4M	56.7M	-10.16%	49.35%	-3.8	0.59	-41.04%	-726.48%
CPSH	25.7M	27.6M	-5.85%	-33.21%	18.75	0.93	3.62%	-35.71%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	90.2%	312,237	164,146	185,040	248,175	129,904	150,443	85,511	173,828	212,509	723,465	113,937	213,123	130,536	165,628	176,113	356,173	381,464	462,869	301,035	418,657	370,795
Operating Expenses	20.6%	817,621	677,954	710,304	737,021	949,990	636,632	828,671	749,523	981,948	706,239	642,888	770,774	1,014,313	609,073	778,694	1,003,759	1,605,175	873,724	1,253,336	981,129	1,018,020
R&D Expenses	13.2%	153,116	135,319	145,610	149,222	164,714	149,156	146,432	148,825	159,797	135,215	139,810	145,178	161,606	136,649	146,731	183,318	284,311	207,368	313,981	229,963	203,315
EBITDA Margin	20.0%	-4.82	-6.03	-6.15	-7.14	-8.12	-7.05	-3.67	-3.58	-3.47	-3.72	-7.09	-6.40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBT Margin	20.0%	-4.85	-6.07	-6.19	-7.19	-8.18	-7.09	-3.69	-3.61	-3.49	-3.74	-7.08	-6.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-1.6%	-479,910	-472,166	-493,650	-462,638	-815,434	-483,729	-741,838	-628,348	-782,724	21,614	-527,935	-557,307	-883,066	-434,223	-398,981	-624,594	-1,256,891	-397,712	-1,350,478	-803,897	-634,169
Net Income Margin	32.0%	-2.10	-3.09	-3.16	-4.08	-4.95	-4.24	-1.78	-1.57	-1.46	-1.65	-3.86	-3.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-4.9%	-549,027	-523,363	-626,394	-597,825	-567,234	-535,936	-582,287	-498,559	63,440	-483,083	-742,721	-643,006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Balance Sheet																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-8.9%	3,851	4,227	4,775	5,319	5,366	5,966	3,072	3,860	4,546	5,137	5,186	5,767	6,199	6,861	7,410	7,627	8,256	8,986	9,349	5,454	4,059
Current Assets	-8.5%	3,576	3,910	4,415	4,918	4,921	5,499	2,562	3,306	3,950	4,496	4,501	5,039	5,428	6,102	6,632	6,766	7,307	7,899	8,174	4,254	3,712
Cash Equivalents	376.2%	2,500	525	3,500	1,152	4,231	4,800	1,900	2,500	270	207	340	4,216	4,773	5,440	5,841	5,837	6,592	7,017	7,299	3,339	2,969
Net PPE	-14.2%	40.00	46.00	53.00	59.00	65.00	73.00	80.00	86.00	93.00	100	108	115	122	73.00	51.00	94.00	142	240	287	269	313
Liabilities	-11.1%	333	374	450	501	570	586	658	704	762	787	858	911	872	979	1,094	1,196	1,200	1,159	1,189	2,057	959
Current Liabilities	5.0%	277	264	286	284	302	268	291	288	298	276	301	308	226	290	362	423	387	307	294	371	458
Shareholder's Equity	-8.7%	3,518	3,853	4,325	4,819	4,797	5,380	2,414	3,156	3,784	4,350	4,328	4,856	5,327	5,883	6,317	6,432	7,056	7,828	8,161	3,397	3,099
Retained Earnings	-0.4%	-124,300	-123,800	-123,300	-122,800	-122,356	-121,500	-121,057	-120,315	-119,687	-118,904	-118,900	-118,398	-117,840	-116,957	-116,523	-116,124	-115,499	-114,243	-113,845	-112,494	-111,690
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.1%	127,779	127,634	127,634	127,634	127,150	126,918	123,468	123,468	123,468	123,251	123,251	123,251	123,165	122,837	122,837	122,553	122,553	122,068	122,003	115,889	114,788
Shares Outstanding	0%	33,509	33,509	33,509	33,509	33,150	31,710	31,650	31,650	31,650	31,645	31,650	31,635	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	51,774	-	-	-	49,488	-	-	-	65,419	-	-	-	101,397	-	-	-	79,350	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-4.8%	-548	-523	-625	-597	-567	-535	-581	-497	64.00	-483	-742	-642	-613	-399	-481	-758	-424	-344	-581	-732	-434
Share Based Compensation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	485	-	-	-	-
Cashflow From Investing	201.2%	2,500	-2,469	2,991	-2,965	-55*	-149*	-462*	2,694	-111*	350	-3,134	-346*	-54.37	-1.23	-884*	4.00	-201*	-2.11	-62.83	-134*	-368*
Cashflow From Financing	-	-	-	-	485	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86.00	-	-	-	-	-	65.00	4,604	1,102	3.00

REFR Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]
Fee income	$ 909,598	$ 539,686
Operating expenses	2,359,634	2,555,689
Research and development	583,266	609,127
Total expenses	2,942,900	3,164,816
Operating loss	(2,033,302)	(2,625,130)
Net investment income (loss)	124,938	(44,219)
Net loss	$ (1,908,364)	$ (2,669,349)
Net loss per common share - Basic	$ (0.06)	$ (0.08)
Net loss per common share - Diluted	$ (0.06)	$ (0.08)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Basic	33,453,627	32,070,233
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted	33,453,627	32,070,233

REFR Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,475,958	$ 4,230,916
Royalties receivable, net of reserves of $1,253,450 in 2023 and $1,158,450 in 2022	1,003,404	589,599
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	96,784	100,973
Total current assets	3,576,146	4,921,488
Fixed assets, net	39,598	65,388
Operating lease ROU assets	178,715	323,509
Deposits and other assets	56,066	56,066
Total assets	3,850,525	5,366,451
Current liabilities:
Current portion of operating lease liability	212,359	196,405
Accounts payable	50,880	71,079
Accrued expenses and other	14,192	34,379
Total current liabilities	277,431	301,863
Operating lease liability, net of current portion	55,363	267,723
Total liabilities	332,794	569,586
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 33,509,287 in 2023 and 33,150,396 in 2022	3,351	3,315
Additional paid-in capital	127,779,221	127,150,027
Accumulated deficit	(124,264,841)	(122,356,477)
Total shareholders’ equity	3,517,731	4,796,865
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 3,850,525	$ 5,366,451

About Research Frontiers Inc

Research Frontiers Incorporated develops and markets technology and devices to control the flow of light worldwide. It develops and licenses suspended particle device (SPD-Smart) light-control technology to companies that manufacture and market the SPD-Smart chemical emulsion, light-control film made from the chemical emulsion, the light-control panels made by laminating the film, and electronics to power end-products incorporating the film, as well as lamination services for and the end-products, such as windows, skylights, and sunroofs. The company's SPD-Smart light-control technology is used in various product applications, including windows, sunshades, skylights, and interior partitions for homes and buildings; automotive windows, sunroofs, sun-visors, sunshades, rear-view mirrors, instrument panels, and navigation systems; aircraft windows; museum display panels, and eyewear products; and flat panel displays for electronic products. It serves architectural, automotive, marine, and aerospace and appliance applications. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Woodbury, New York.

CEO	Mr. Joseph M. Harary
WEBSITE	smartglass.com
INDUSTRY	Consumer Electronics
EMPLOYEES	6

Research Frontiers Inc Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ticker symbol for Research Frontiers Inc? What does REFR stand for in stocks?

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What is the market capital of Research Frontiers Inc (REFR)?

As of Fri Apr 26 2024, market cap of Research Frontiers Inc is 53.28 Million. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

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What is Research Frontiers Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Fri Apr 26 2024, REFR's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -27.92 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 58.58. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. REFR PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Research Frontiers Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Research Frontiers Inc has provided -0.1 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.