The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Research Frontiers's share price is $1.59.
Research Frontiers's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.03. Hence, Research Frontiers's PS Ratio for today is 58.89.
The historical rank and industry rank for Research Frontiers's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
REFR'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.38 Med: 56.33 Max: 202.69
Current: 58.89
During the past 13 years, Research Frontiers's highest PS Ratio was 202.69. The lowest was 9.38. And the median was 56.33.
REFR's PS Ratio is ranked worse than 99.1% of 2455
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.51
vs REFR: 58.89
Research Frontiers Inc revenue per share has been in decline for the last 5 years.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Research Frontiers was 58.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -17.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -13.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, Research Frontiers's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 121.70% per year. The lowest was -47.20% per year. And the median was -4.10% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Research Frontiers PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Research Frontiers's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Research Frontiers's PS Ratio
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Research Frontiers's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Research Frontiers's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Research Frontiers's PS Ratio falls into.
Research Frontiers PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Research Frontiers's Share Price of today is $1.59. Research Frontiers's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.03.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Research Frontiers (NAS:REFR) PS Ratio Explanation
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) Business Description
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.
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