Research Frontiers Incorporated
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Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| 46.8 | 35.0 | 27.6 | 23.6 | 19.1 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 29.8 | 30.3 | 42.1 | 67.3 | 64.0 | 60.1 | 48.0 | 93.7 | 79.0 | 106.7 | 129.2 | 121.9 | 69.7 | 42.6 | 49.1 | 45.0 | 107.4 | 116.7 | 92.2 | 75.1 | 50.7 | 36.8 | 44.7 | 47.2 | 50.2 | 42.7 | 23.4 | 44.0 | 43.9 | 39.0 | 45.0 | 27.7 | |
| 10.0 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 18.3 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 20.4 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 18.9 | 14.2 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 14.1 | 20.2 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 15.3 | 29.9 | 35.9 | 46.9 | 17.6 | 16.1 | |
| 44.5 | 33.6 | 25.5 | 21.8 | 17.7 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 27.3 | – | 40.6 | 62.4 | 59.6 | 56.0 | 44.2 | 89.6 | 74.1 | 101.2 | 123.3 | 116.6 | 67.3 | 42.5 | 47.3 | 43.6 | 100.0 | 109.2 | 90.6 | 70.5 | 50.2 | 34.4 | 42.8 | 45.8 | 49.1 | 41.3 | 22.6 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 38.6 | 43.4 | 26.3 | |
| -5.5% | -9.3% | -10.8% | -9.3% | -8.0% | -6.0% | -6.3% | -8.6% | -5.0% | -4.6% | -3.4% | -2.4% | -2.2% | -2.3% | -3.0% | -1.6% | -2.4% | -2.6% | -2.5% | -3.2% | -3.1% | -3.3% | -2.8% | -2.8% | -2.3% | -3.5% | -4.0% | -4.3% | -6.3% | -6.9% | -4.8% | -2.7% | -1.9% | -1.4% | -2.8% | -1.7% | -1.5% | -3.0% | -4.6% | -8.6% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -228.2% | -230.6% | -230.8% | -187.6% | -151.5% | -107.3% | -93.7% | -97.3% | -113.0% | -88.2% | -59.7% | -83.5% | -60.4% | -107.1% | -132.9% | -130.8% | -200.7% | -235.3% | -276.8% | -293.7% | -116.1% | -99.7% | -104.0% | -123.9% | -316.6% | -236.2% | -97.6% | -53.6% | -58.3% | -21.7% | -13.6% | 57.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 93.7% | 86.6% | |
| -351.8% | -345.3% | -330.7% | -256.9% | -208.2% | -160.3% | -145.8% | -153.4% | -174.6% | -162.4% | -148.3% | -176.9% | -165.6% | -201.4% | -215.4% | -209.6% | -270.3% | -311.1% | -362.9% | -387.3% | -165.4% | -145.6% | -151.7% | -173.3% | -413.7% | -486.4% | -413.4% | -325.2% | -322.9% | -223.5% | -206.6% | -125.5% | -90.0% | -108.0% | -76.6% | -156.3% | -161.6% | -190.2% | -347.2% | -348.1% | |
| -349.1% | -342.9% | -329.0% | -255.9% | -207.7% | -160.0% | -145.6% | -153.0% | -194.7% | -180.4% | -182.9% | -239.7% | -205.1% | -243.5% | -241.7% | -194.5% | -251.5% | -282.6% | -331.7% | -385.5% | -164.8% | -146.2% | -156.7% | -178.3% | -423.7% | -494.6% | -407.7% | -316.1% | -308.5% | -209.8% | -193.7% | -116.4% | -80.5% | -98.2% | -66.2% | -143.7% | -153.8% | -182.4% | -343.0% | -343.9% | |
| -258.0% | -325.0% | -297.4% | -219.7% | -154.0% | -97.9% | -98.0% | -117.5% | -150.2% | -139.9% | -144.1% | -160.9% | -138.9% | -137.3% | -144.8% | -146.2% | -191.5% | -278.7% | -320.1% | -393.8% | -214.7% | -142.5% | -135.3% | -125.1% | -248.7% | -404.7% | -371.9% | -326.2% | -318.3% | -252.5% | -214.4% | -129.0% | -94.3% | -59.2% | -65.8% | -76.3% | -66.6% | -118.6% | -207.6% | -238.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -75.0% | -86.4% | -101.6% | -97.8% | -99.1% | -94.0% | -73.2% | -90.5% | -72.9% | -86.7% | -79.4% | -42.6% | -40.7% | -54.0% | -56.4% | -42.4% | -46.1% | -43.9% | -46.8% | -55.5% | -44.8% | -48.8% | -60.8% | -88.3% | -49.0% | -55.6% | -52.0% | -52.1% | -58.2% | -54.2% | -61.2% | -49.8% | -41.9% | -50.4% | -43.1% | -97.7% | -125.9% | -219.1% | -134.2% | -200.3% | |
| -68.3% | -80.4% | -91.8% | -87.6% | -87.4% | -83.8% | -62.6% | -76.8% | -59.1% | -66.2% | -49.4% | -37.2% | -35.5% | -46.1% | -47.6% | -36.1% | -39.6% | -37.8% | -39.4% | -46.3% | -37.9% | -40.6% | -49.7% | -69.4% | -44.2% | -49.7% | -47.1% | -47.2% | -53.1% | -49.6% | -53.6% | -44.0% | -39.5% | -32.5% | -27.8% | -55.4% | -68.2% | -90.8% | -77.7% | -90.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -3.0 | -1.7 | -2.6 | -2.4 | -2.2 | -1.7 | -2.3 | -1.9 | -3.4 | – | -2.2 | -7.1 | -6.9 | -6.4 | -5.7 | -5.7 | -5.3 | -4.6 | -4.0 | -3.3 | -2.8 | -0.1 | -2.3 | -1.7 | -4.6 | -4.0 | -1.0 | -3.3 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -1.9 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -0.9 | |
| 91.0% | 93.0% | 90.4% | 89.6% | 88.2% | 89.1% | 85.6% | 84.9% | 81.1% | 76.4% | 62.3% | 87.3% | 87.1% | 85.5% | 84.3% | 85.2% | 85.7% | 85.9% | 84.2% | 83.5% | 84.7% | 83.2% | 81.8% | 78.6% | 90.2% | 89.4% | 90.6% | 90.6% | 91.1% | 91.4% | 87.5% | 88.5% | 94.1% | 64.5% | 64.4% | 56.7% | 54.1% | 41.5% | 57.9% | 45.4% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -0.19 | -0.18 | -0.17 | -0.14 | -0.13 | -0.10 | -0.09 | -0.09 | -0.10 | -0.10 | -0.10 | -0.12 | -0.10 | -0.12 | -0.12 | -0.09 | -0.09 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.03 | -0.05 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.07 | -0.06 | |
| 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
| -0.14 | -0.17 | -0.15 | -0.12 | -0.10 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.06 | -0.05 | -0.05 | -0.05 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.05 | -0.04 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.04 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.