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Research Frontiers Incorporated REFR TECH

Technology · Electronic Components · United States
https://www.smartglass.com
Company Profile ↓
$0.39
-73.87% 1Y
Mkt Cap$13.60M
P/E-6.50
P/B20.35
52W High$2.36
52W Low$0.39
Book Value$0.03
EPS (TTM)$-0.06

Company Overview

Research Frontiers Incorporated, together with other subsidiary, engages in the development and marketing of 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, heads up displays 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.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $1.12M (-16.0% YoY); net profit $-2.05M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -33.5%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -3.2%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:-3.17%
1 Year:-33.50%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:-73.87%
6 Months:-58.03%
3 Months:-45.96%
1 Month:-19.49%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Bearish
52-Week Range 0% of range
$0.39 $2.36
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMABelow
  • Price vs 200-DMABelow
  • RSI (14)34.96 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-19.49%
3M-45.96%
6M-58.03%
1Y-73.87%

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

No notable strengths flagged.

CONS

  • Revenue declined at -3.2% CAGR over 5 years.
  • Trading 83.3% below its 52-week high.
  • In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
-6.50
Industry PE
29.22
Forward P/E
-6.50
PEG Ratio
3.15
Book Value
$0.03
Price to Book
20.35
P/S
34.71
EV/EBITDA
-10.00
Dividend Yield
0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
-3.17%
Profit 5Y
-
Revenue (YoY)
-33.50%
Earnings (YoY)
-

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
-109.13%
ROE
-
ROA
-50.41%
Profit Margin
0.00%
Op Margin
-
Gross Margin
-
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$-0.02
EPS (TTM)
$-0.06

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.97
Quick Ratio
3.15
Current Ratio
3.54
Debt
$1.09M
Total Assets
$3.08M
Current Assets
$2.02M
Working Capital
$846.06K

Ownership

Promoter Holding
15.34%
Chg in Prom Hold
0.00%
FII / Inst Holding
13.27%
Chg in FII Hold
-0.38%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$13.60M
Total Revenue (TTM)
$654.23K
EBITDA
$-2.27M
Free Cash Flow
$-597.43K
Operating Cash Flow
$-1.56M
Shares Outstanding
34.87M
Gross Margin
-
Payout Ratio
0.00%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 REFR Research Frontiers Incorporated TECH 0.39 -6.50 $13.60M 0.00% -109.13% - -3.17% -
2 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH 225.73 28.50 $5.45T 0.46% 74.66% 117.21% 24.64% 32.12%
3 AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH 316.22 36.22 $4.61T 0.34% 68.72% 148.75% 1.81% 3.92%
4 MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH 493.95 27.49 $3.67T 0.79% 26.33% 34.04% 9.93% 11.90%
5 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH 439.00 32.71 $2.28T 0.95% 30.20% 39.97% 18.94% 19.57%
6 AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 368.56 46.95 $1.75T 0.71% 16.70% 44.25% 17.04% 54.08%
7 MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 1,000.26 22.59 $1.13T 0.05% 13.69% 66.64% 13.68% 26.02%
8 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 505.74 128.36 $825.61B 0.00% 5.47% 10.20% 11.81% 66.28%
9 ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH 1,764.85 59.89 $677.88B 0.51% 42.97% 53.94% 15.55% 19.55%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Jun 2015Sep 2015Dec 2015Mar 2016Jun 2016Sep 2016Dec 2016Mar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sep 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue -------------359.73K-418.66K301.04K462.87K-356.17K176.11K165.63K213.12K113.94K723.47K173.83K85.51K150.44K248.18K185.04K164.15K313.38K489.59K354.41K-559.78K129.90K359.44K72.12K136.32K
Cost of Revenue ----------------------------------------
Gross Profit ----------------------------------------
Operating Expenses -----------------------------------799.35K945.01K663.39K845.67K666.73K
Operating Income -492.75K-766.73K-1.84M-1.19M-1.12M-566.06K-1.39M-954.43K-490.65K-304.25K-669.28K-795.17K-571.93K-403.89K-647.23K-562.47K-952.30K-410.86K-1.27M-647.59K-602.58K-443.44K-557.65K-528.95K17.23K-575.70K-743.16K-486.19K-488.85K-525.26K-513.81K-469.75K-116.13K-231.70K--239.58K-815.10K-303.94K-773.54K-530.41K
EBITDA ------------------------------------193.25K-768.34K-257.15K-726.75K-486.42K
Interest Expense ----------------------------------------
Pretax Income ------------------------------------177.69K-803.83K-298.51K-765.56K-525.37K
Tax Provision ----------------------------------------
Net Income -481.29K-757.32K-1.83M-1.18M-1.12M-559.73K-1.39M-952.55K-489.81K-303.14K-668.35K-793.77K-569.89K-688.30K-634.17K-803.90K-1.35M-397.71K-1.26M-624.59K-398.98K-434.22K-557.31K-527.93K21.61K-628.35K-741.84K-483.73K-462.64K-493.65K-472.17K-442.60K-94.02K-166.82K--177.69K-803.83K-298.51K-765.56K-525.37K
Diluted EPS ---------------------------0.02-0.02-0.01-0.01-0.01-0.010.000.00--0.01-0.02-0.01--0.02
R&D Expense 334.52K327.45K-410.22K503.57K246.75K-211.29K202.05K185.30K-218.62K250.82K190.65K-229.96K313.98K207.37K-183.32K146.73K136.65K145.18K139.81K135.22K148.82K146.43K149.16K149.22K145.61K135.32K149.74K128.83K131.25K-162.88K169.09K141.75K-145.35K

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue -----1.60M2.01M1.24M1.51M1.49M1.56M828.45K1.26M539.69K909.60K1.34M1.12M
Cost of Revenue -----------------
Gross Profit -----------------
Operating Expenses -------------3.16M2.94M2.78M3.25M
Operating Income -4.02M-3.89M-4.16M-3.82M-6.08M-4.45M-4.32M-4.27M-2.42M-2.42M-3.15M-2.58M-1.84M-2.63M-2.03M-1.44M-2.13M
EBITDA --------------2.45M-1.86M-1.18M-1.95M
Interest Expense -----------------
Pretax Income --------------2.67M-1.91M-1.31M-2.05M
Tax Provision -----------------
Net Income -4.00M-3.87M-4.13M-3.17M-6.04M-4.41M-4.28M-4.24M-2.41M-2.69M-3.81M-2.34M-1.85M-2.67M-1.91M-1.31M-2.05M
Diluted EPS --------------0.08-0.06-0.04-0.06
R&D Expense 1.55M1.40M1.39M1.67M2.20M1.62M1.59M1.42M799.70K863.40K1.04M628.30K580.00K609.13K583.27K570.01K608.73K

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --7.78M4.42M14.42M12.03M12.56M9.54M5.27M2.88M4.06M8.26M6.20M-5.37M3.85M4.04M2.25M
Current Assets --------------4.92M3.58M2.75M1.14M
Cash & Equivalents 2.37M3.76M6.96M2.40M8.39M5.87M7.57M5.71M1.69M1.74M2.97M6.59M4.77M-4.23M2.48M1.99M664.30K
Inventory ------------------
Receivables --------------589.60K1.00M658.21K408.67K
Total Liabilities ----------959.08K1.20M872.28K-569.59K332.79K1.44M1.32M
Current Liabilities --312.24K309.94K242.39K162.33K482.68K468.21K369.27K313.75K457.66K387.43K226.07K-301.86K277.43K269.03K297.88K
Long Term Debt ------------------
Total Debt --------------464.13K267.72K1.30M1.17M
Total Equity 4.87M4.17M7.47M4.11M14.17M11.87M12.08M9.08M4.90M2.57M3.10M7.06M5.33M-4.80M3.52M2.60M933.63K
Shares Outstanding --------------33.15M33.51M33.65M33.65M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow -3.73M-3.20M-3.35M-2.68M---3.58M-4.01M-1.47M-2.07M-2.08M-2.25M--2.18M-2.30M-788.82K-1.33M
Investing Cash Flow 2.28M-10.31K-1.27M-3.58M--1.18M-15.26K1.52M-11.66K-65.28K-52.82K-2.69M55.59K-1.62K-726
Financing Cash Flow 2.85M6.41M65.98K12.25M--548.48K--3.31M5.77M486.26K-3.45M484.50K308.67K0
Capital Expenditure -23.95K-10.31K-12.52K-11.58K-50.54K-627.66K-316.19K-11.71K-6.55K-11.66K-65.28K-56.54K--1.27K-1.56K-1.62K-726
Free Cash Flow -3.76M-3.21M-3.37M-2.69M---3.90M-4.02M-1.48M-2.08M-2.15M-2.31M--2.18M-2.30M-790.44K-1.33M
Net Change in Cash -------------3.96M-1.75M-481.77K-1.33M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % -----------------
Operating Margin % ------278.3%-215.4%-345.3%-160.3%-162.4%-201.4%-311.1%-145.6%-486.4%-223.5%-108.0%-190.2%
Net Margin % ------276.1%-213.2%-342.9%-160.0%-180.4%-243.5%-282.6%-146.2%-494.6%-209.8%-98.2%-182.4%
ROE % -96.1%-51.9%-100.7%-22.4%-50.9%-36.5%-47.2%-86.4%-94.0%-86.7%-54.0%-43.9%--55.6%-54.2%-50.4%-219.1%
ROCE % --52.1%-101.4%-26.9%-51.2%-36.8%-47.6%-87.0%-94.2%-67.2%-40.0%-43.1%--51.8%-56.9%-38.2%-109.1%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
15.34%
Institutions
13.27%
Public Float
15.67%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 MGO One Seven, LLC 2.54% 886.60K $577.44K
2 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 1.67% 580.65K $378.18K
3 Blackrock Inc. 1.53% 532.54K $346.84K
4 Focus Partners Wealth 1.42% 496.42K $323.32K
5 Geode Capital Management, LLC 0.88% 305.85K $199.20K
6 Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co 0.51% 177.03K $115.30K
7 Susquehanna International Group, LLP 0.44% 155.07K $100.99K
8 State Street Corporation 0.30% 105.62K $68.79K
9 Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC 0.28% 97.50K $63.50K
10 Northern Trust Corporation 0.15% 52.63K $34.28K

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REFR — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR)?

As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) trades at $0.39 on NasdaqCM. Its 52-week range is $0.39 to $2.36.

What is the market capitalisation of REFR?

Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) has a market capitalisation of $13.60M on NasdaqCM.

What is the P/E ratio of REFR?

REFR trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -6.50. The industry average P/E is 29.22. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 20.35.

Is REFR a good stock to buy?

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