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Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR)

NASDAQ: REFR · USD

$0.39

-0.00 (-0.2%)· Recorded snapshot

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Market cap	13.6M
Revenue (ttm)	697.8K
Net income (ttm)	-2.4M
EPS (ttm)	-$0.07
Shares out	34.9M
Volume	80,215
Beta	0.53

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 697.8K
Net income (ttm): -2.4M
EPS (ttm): -$0.07
Market cap: 13.6M

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000793524
Company name	Research Frontiers Incorporated
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	760911107
Employees	5
Employees Change	-1%
Employees Change Percent	-16.67
Enterprise value	$13.5M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Electronic Components
Industry PE	41.92
Industry PE Fwd	24.52
Isin	US7609111072
Last refreshed	2026-07-31
Market cap	$13.6M
Market cap category	Nano-Cap
Price	$0.39
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	139,558.2x
Sector	Technology
Sector PE	32.35
Sector PE Fwd	18.99
Sic	6794
Symbol	REFR
Website	https://www.smartglass.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-17.59%
EV/Sales	19.28x
FCF yield	-10.65%
P/B ratio	7.63x
P/S ratio	19.5x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	-347.24%
EBITDA Margin	-345.86%
Gross margin	-251.01%
Gross Profit	$-1.8M
Net Income	$-2.4M
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-342.98%
Profit Per Employee	$-478,652
ROA	-44.22
Roa5y	-29.46
ROCE	-87.65
ROE	-113.7
Roe5y	-61.43
ROIC	-45.85

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-19.56%
Cagr15y	-14.86%
Cagr1y	-75.94%
Cagr20y	-11.38%
Cagr3y	-38.4%
Cagr5y	-29.75%
EPS Growth Years	0
Revenue Growth	-55.89x
Revenue Growth Q	-75.65x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.35x
Revenue Growth5 Y	0.36x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.2
Assets	$3.1M
Cash	$1.3M
Current Assets	$2M
Current Liabilities	$316,107
Debt	$1.1M
Debt Equity	$0.63
Equity	$1.8M
Liabilities	$1.3M
Long Term Assets	$1.1M
Long Term Liabilities	$981,259
Net Cash	$148,571
Net Cash By Market Cap	$1.09
Net Cash Growth	68.33%
Net Debt Equity	$-0.08
Tangible Book Value	$1.8M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$0.05
WACC	6.63

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	6.38
Net Working Capital	$570,806
Quick ratio	5.77
Working Capital	$1.7M
Working Capital Turnover	$0.35

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.66%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-88.66%
1Y total return	-75.91%
200-day SMA	1.11
3Y total return	-76.63%
50-day SMA	0.61
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-82.89%
All Time High	40
All Time High Change	-99.02%
All Time High Date	2000-02-17
All Time Low	0.35
All Time Low Change	11.49%
All Time Low Date	2026-07-29
ATR	0.06
Beta	0.53
Beta1y	0.54
Beta2y	0.46
Ch YTD	-70.21
High	0.42
High52	2.7
High52 Date	2025-10-27
High52ch	-85.55%
Low	0.36
Low52	0.35
Low52 Date	2026-07-29
Low52ch	11.49%
Ma50ch	-36.42%
Premarket Change Percent	-5.37
Premarket Price	$0.37
Premarket Volume	55,958
Price vs 200-day SMA	-64.82%
RSI	20.46
RSI Monthly	32.35
RSI Weekly	27.9
Sharpe ratio	-1.46x
Sortino ratio	-1.94
Total Return	-0.66%
Tr YTD	-70.21
Tr15y	-91.05%
Tr1m	-29.14%
Tr1w	-19.06%
Tr3m	-58.49%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$-2.4M
Operating margin	-347.2

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	27,190,828%
Float Percent	77.98%
Shares Insiders	16.74%
Shares Institutions	11.03%
Shares Out	34,867,786
Shares Qo Q	1.52%
Shares Yo Y	0.66%
Short Float	1.27%
Short Ratio	5.34
Short Shares	0.99

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-1.8M
Adjusted OCF	-1,822,696
Average Volume	56,631x
Bv Per Share	0.05
CAPEX	$-683
Ch10y	-88.66
Ch15y	-91.05
Ch1m	-29.14
Ch1w	-19.06
Ch1y	-75.91
Ch20y	-91.07
Ch3m	-58.49
Ch3y	-76.63
Ch5y	-82.89
Ch6m	-67.48
Change	-0.2%
Change From Open	7.79
Close	0.39
Days Gap	-7.42
Depreciation Amortization	9,619
Dollar Volume	31,299.9
Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$-2.4M
EBITDA	$-2.4M
EPS	$-0.07
F Score	1
FCF	$-1.4M
FCF EV Yield	-10.76x
FCF Per Share	$-0.04
Financing CF	1,375,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,965
Investing CF	-683
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	1994-02-16
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-05
Ma150	0.9
Ma150ch	-56.77%
Ma20	0.51
Ma20ch	-22.84%
Net CF	-73,504
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-10
Open	0.36
Optionable	Yes
Position In Range	48.7
Post Close	0.39
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.05
Postmarket Price	$0.39
Ppne	1,007,818
Pre Close	0.39
Price Date	2026-07-30
Ptbv Ratio	7.63
Relative Volume	1.42x
Revenue	697,791x
SBC By Revenue	53.72x
Share Based Comp	374,875
Tr20y	-91.07%
Tr6m	-67.48%
Us State	New York
Volume	80,215
Z Score	-37.41

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