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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) PB Ratio : 15.05 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Research Frontiers PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-29), Research Frontiers's share price is $1.58. Research Frontiers's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.11. Hence, Research Frontiers's PB Ratio of today is 15.05.

Warning Sign:

Research Frontiers Inc stock PB Ratio (=15.14) is close to 1-year high of 15.14

The historical rank and industry rank for Research Frontiers's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

REFR' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.96   Med: 11.89   Max: 34.21
Current: 14.36

During the past 13 years, Research Frontiers's highest PB Ratio was 34.21. The lowest was 4.96. And the median was 11.89.

REFR's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
97.91% of 2395 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.86 vs REFR: 14.36

During the past 12 months, Research Frontiers's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -27.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -14.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -13.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Research Frontiers was 124.10% per year. The lowest was -45.40% per year. And the median was 0.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Research Frontiers PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Research Frontiers's PB 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.

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Research Frontiers PB Ratio Chart

Research Frontiers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.32 16.63 14.33 13.17 9.62

Research Frontiers Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 13.17 11.88 12.40 9.39 9.62

Competitive Comparison of Research Frontiers's PB Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Research Frontiers's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Research Frontiers's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Research Frontiers's PB Ratio falls into.



Research Frontiers PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Research Frontiers's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=1.58/0.105
=15.05

* 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:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Research Frontiers  (NAS:REFR) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
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

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