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REFR Financials RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.2% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has expanded, at -190.2% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$6M -$2M $2M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-495% -247% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$4M -$2M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $4M $8M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$4M $4M $12M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1M -$2M 0.0% -190.2% -$1M $664299
2024 $1M -$1M 0.0% -108.0% -$790442 $2M
2023 $909598 -$2M 0.0% -223.5% -$2M $2M
2022 $539686 -$3M 0.0% -486.4% -$2M $4M
2021 $1M -$2M 0.0% -145.6% -$2M $269964
2020 $828450 -$2M 0.0% -311.1% -$2M $5M
2019 $2M -$4M 0.0% -201.4% -$2M $7M
2018 $1M -$3M 0.0% -162.4% -$2M $3M
2017 -$2M -$1M $2M
2016 -$4M -$4M $2M
2015 -$4M -$4M $6M
2014 -$4M $8M
2013 -$6M $6M
2012 -$3M -$3M $8M
2011 -$4M -$3M $2M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced REFR against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 56.9 113.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is REFR growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC's revenue has grown 6.2% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does REFR have?

As of FY2025, RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC reported — of total debt against $664299 of cash.

What is REFR's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin -190.2%, and net margin -182.4%.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.