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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $-0.12 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Research Frontiers Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Research Frontiers's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.016. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $-0.12 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 6.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Research Frontiers was 8.60% per year. The lowest was -4.10% per year. And the median was 5.15% per year.

As of today (2024-04-29), Research Frontiers's current stock price is $1.5618. Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.12. Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is .


Research Frontiers Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

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Research Frontiers Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Research Frontiers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.15 -0.14 -0.13 -0.13 -0.12

Research Frontiers Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.13 -0.13 -0.13 -0.12 -0.12

Competitive Comparison of Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Research Frontiers's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Research Frontiers Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Research Frontiers's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=-0.016/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.016

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Research Frontiers Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.037 99.695 -0.048
201406 -0.047 100.560 -0.060
201409 -0.036 100.428 -0.046
201412 -0.048 99.070 -0.063
201503 -0.054 99.621 -0.070
201506 -0.049 100.684 -0.063
201509 -0.030 100.392 -0.039
201512 -0.030 99.792 -0.039
201603 -0.043 100.470 -0.055
201606 -0.037 101.688 -0.047
201609 -0.033 101.861 -0.042
201612 -0.054 101.863 -0.069
201703 -0.027 102.862 -0.034
201706 -0.007 103.349 -0.009
201709 -0.009 104.136 -0.011
201712 -0.019 104.011 -0.024
201803 -0.028 105.290 -0.034
201806 -0.017 106.317 -0.021
201809 -0.020 106.507 -0.024
201812 -0.016 105.998 -0.020
201903 -0.026 107.251 -0.031
201906 -0.022 108.070 -0.026
201909 -0.011 108.329 -0.013
201912 -0.014 108.420 -0.017
202003 -0.024 108.902 -0.029
202006 -0.015 108.767 -0.018
202009 -0.013 109.815 -0.015
202012 -0.021 109.897 -0.025
202103 -0.020 111.754 -0.023
202106 -0.023 114.631 -0.026
202109 -0.015 115.734 -0.017
202112 0.002 117.630 0.002
202203 -0.016 121.301 -0.017
202206 -0.018 125.017 -0.019
202209 -0.017 125.227 -0.018
202212 -0.017 125.222 -0.018
202303 -0.018 127.348 -0.018
202306 -0.019 128.729 -0.019
202309 -0.016 129.860 -0.016
202312 -0.016 129.419 -0.016

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Research Frontiers  (NAS:REFR) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) Business Description

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240 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY, USA, 11797-2033
Research Frontiers Inc is engaged in the development and marketing of technology and devices to control the flow of light. The company develops and licenses its patented suspended particle device light-control technology to other companies that manufacture and market the SPD-Smart chemical emulsion, the light-control film made from the chemical emulsion, the light-control panels made by laminating the film, electronics to power end-products incorporating the film, or lamination services for, and the end-products. Its revenue source comes from the licensing of technology.
Executives
Darryl Daigle director 3213 WYTCHWOOD DRIVE, MORGAN CITY LA 70380
Eyal Peso director C/O GAUZY LTD., 14 HATHIYA STREET, TEL AVIV-YAFO L3 6816914
Kevin Douglas 10 percent owner, other: 13(d)(3) group 300A DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENBRAE CA 94904
William Graham Settle director 6003 COBRIDGE SQUARE, RALEIGH NC 27609
Michael R Lapointe officer: Vice President-Marketing
Alexander Kaganowicz director 1217 CARLLS STRAIGHT PATH, DIX HILLS NY 11746
Joseph M Harary director, officer: Persident and CEO
Grimes George Gregory director 24 FIFTH AVENUE, APT. 1530, NEW YORK NY 10011
Douglas Family Trust 10 percent owner, other: 13(d)(3) group 300A DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENBRAE CA 94904
James & Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants Trust 10 percent owner, other: 13(d)(3) group 300A DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Voorhees Seth Van officer: VicePresident-Business Dev/CFO 12 HARVEY DRIVE, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Robert L Saxe director, officer: Chairman/CTO
Steven Michael Slovak officer: Vice President-Technology 240 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE, WOODBURY NY 11797
Jack Derby director 399 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02117
Victor F Keen director C/O RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC., 240 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE, WOODBURY NY 11797