Research Frontiers Incorporated

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Research Frontiers Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 million, down 16.0% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 33.6%, EPS was flat and free cash flow fell 143.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

0.56 0.08 −12.50%
Market cap
$22.3M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−22.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
−61.46
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a
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P/E ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
3 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 2
P/S ratio
39.31 42.92 37.15 122.43 43.10 106.81 57.76 27.20 16.57 34.62
Altman Z-Score
(61.46) (19.67) 15.26 32.12 5.90 34.02 25.52 (13.83) (6.56) 41.31
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
(187.93) (97.81) (92.04) (63.13) (78.06) (52.85) (36.50) (85.06) (115.78) (52.16)
P/FCF ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/Operating CF
(94.59) 1,217.00 (61.57) (116.49) 857.21 (144.32) (212.71) (93.23) (55.57) (33.16)
P/B ratio
47.21 22.01 9.61 13.77 14.39 16.61 12.80 13.06 9.74 8.73
EV/Sales
38.72 41.42 34.43 114.59 40.70 101.05 53.54 25.20 15.42 32.02
EV/EBITDA
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/FCF
(32.64) (70.00) (13.63) (28.31) (28.47) (36.31) (38.99) (18.02) (15.75) (9.87)
Current Ratio
3.84 10.21 12.89 16.30 13.26 24.00 18.86 8.11 7.54 12.43
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.34 1.69 1.33 1.73 1.82 1.90 2.23 1.33 0.77 0.79
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE
(115.64%) (42.84%) (45.90%) (62.22%) (40.53%) (37.81%) (75.01%) (94.80%) (64.61%) (60.63%)
ROA
(65.03%) (33.24%) (41.41%) (53.86%) (34.37%) (32.39%) (61.86%) (77.41%) (59.20%) (57.21%)
ROIC
(494.85%) (147.71%) (121.99%) (289.87%) (151.46%) (290.61%) (424.11%) (1,161.70%) (182.21%) (157.84%)
Return on Tangible Assets
(240.83%) (52.62%) (57.17%) (56.98%) (49.31%) (43.98%) (53.94%) (75.30%) (95.26%) (87.01%)
Average Days of Receivables
133.05 179.89 402.64 398.75 240.33 263.58 153.12 169.11 144.49 329.86
Earnings Yield
(4.22%) (2.21%) (5.64%) (3.65%) (3.72%) (2.56%) (4.32%) (6.41%) (9.62%) (10.11%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
(3.02%) (1.38%) (6.80%) (3.31%) (3.32%) (2.61%) (2.38%) (5.14%) (5.91%) (9.37%)
Free Cash Flow per Share
(0.04) (0.02) (0.07) (0.07) (0.06) (0.07) (0.07) (0.08) (0.06) (0.17)
Book value per Share
0.03 0.08 0.11 0.15 0.12 0.17 0.24 0.12 0.11 0.20
Free Cash Flow
(1.33) (0.79) (2.30) (2.18) (1.81) (2.31) (2.15) (2.08) (1.48) (4.01)
EV/EBIT
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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