Research Frontiers Incorporated
General ticker "REFR" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- Capitalization: $46.7M (TTM average)
Research Frontiers Incorporated does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -26.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 5.4%: low 0.52$, high 0.58$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 480 (+7900.0%) as of 2024
- Countries other than US accounted for 70.0% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Insufficient cash flow, Licensee bankruptcy, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Market competition, Customer concentration
- Current price 45.4% below estimated low
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [1.00$, 2.42$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [0.92$, 2.26$]
Financial Metrics affecting the REFR estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -23.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Negative: negative Operating cash flow
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 0 > -0.60
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.01
- Negative: negative Net income
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
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Long-term REFR plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $0.91MM | $1.34MM | $1.12MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2.94MM | $2.78MM | $3.25MM |
| Operating Income | $-2.03MM | $-1.44MM | $-2.13MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $0.12MM | $0.13MM | $0.09MM |
| R&D Expense | $0.58MM | $0.57MM | $0.61MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-1.91MM | $-1.31MM | $-2.05MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-1.91MM | $-1.31MM | $-2.05MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3.52MM | $2.60MM | $0.93MM |
| Assets | $3.85MM | $4.04MM | $2.25MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-2.30MM | $-0.79MM | $-1.33MM |
| Capital expenditure | $0.00MM | $0.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $0.06MM | $-0.00MM | $-0.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $0.48MM | $0.31MM | $0.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-0.06 | $-0.04 | $-0.06 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.