Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Research Frontiers's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 31.65 Mil.
Research Frontiers's quarterly shares outstanding
stayed the same
from Dec. 2021 (31.65 Mil) to Mar. 2022 (31.65 Mil).
Research Frontiers's annual shares outstanding
increased
from Dec. 2020 (31.58 Mil) to Dec. 2021 (31.65 Mil).
It means Research Frontiers issued new shares from Dec. 2020 to Dec. 2021 .
Research Frontiers Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Research Frontiers's Shares Outstanding (EOP) 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.
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Research Frontiers Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Shares Outstanding (EOP)
24.04
27.67
31.25
31.58
31.65
Research Frontiers Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Shares Outstanding (EOP)
31.65
31.65
31.65
31.65
31.65
Competitive Comparison
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Research Frontiers's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) 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 Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Research Frontiers's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Research Frontiers's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Research Frontiers Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
Research Frontiers (NAS:REFR) Shares Outstanding (EOP) Explanation
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
Be Aware
Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.
Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.
If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.
Research Frontiers Shares Outstanding (EOP) Related Terms
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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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