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 (2022-06-28), Research Frontiers's share price is $1.71. Research Frontiers's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $0.10. Hence, Research Frontiers's PB Ratio of today is 17.10.
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: 4.82 Med: 12.22 Max: 31.18
Current: 17.1
During the past 13 years, Research Frontiers's highest PB Ratio was 31.18. The lowest was 4.82. And the median was 12.22.
REFR's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 98.39% of 2305
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.71
vs REFR: 17.10
During the past 12 months, Research Frontiers's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -34.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -12.80% 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 1.45% 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 Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
PB Ratio
9.72
13.93
13.32
16.63
14.33
Research Frontiers Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
PB Ratio
18.56
17.30
18.69
14.33
19.20
Competitive Comparison
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 PB Ratio Distribution
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:
* 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
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.
Research Frontiers PB Ratio 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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